{"id":7928,"date":"2018-02-27T22:47:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=7928"},"modified":"2018-02-27T22:48:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:48:43","slug":"video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Wow! See why video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Playing a video game in the classroom?<\/p>\n

\n
\n
It is permitted and even compulsory in this school in China, where students are trained to become eSport professionals<\/strong><\/em>, a sector in full boom worldwide.<\/p>\n
\n

\u201cDamn it, I\u2019m dead!\u201d exclaims a student in front of his computer. At his side, dozens of boys between the ages of 14 and 23 are tapping on their keyboard, staring at a flat screen: the course started at Lanxiang Technical High School in Jinan (east).<\/p>\n

eSport has become a professional discipline, with players competing for money in tournaments organised in halls and stadiums.<\/p>\n

These competitions, also broadcast on the Internet, are sometimes watched by millions of people.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hobby for me, I loved playing video games very much, it\u2019s a new profession, I think it\u2019s promising. I want to give it a shot, I\u2019m still young and I have time to dedicate to it,\u201d said Teng Xin, a student at this high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started, my parents were against it, but I love to play so much. When I showed them how much I love it and will persevere, my father understood and agreed that I would come here to study,\u201d said another student Song Jinze.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the sector is expected to generate USD<\/span> 906 million (\u2019 732 million) in sales worldwide, according to the specialized firm Newzoo, with China accounting for 18% of the total.<\/p>\n

In this country, 260 million people play eSport games or watch competitions, according to the Chinese company iResearch.In the beginning, parents thought it was all about playing video games\u2026<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s not the case, pro-gaming is developing enormously, and it has become a factor in a market economy. That\u2019s the situation,\u201d said Lanxiang Technical High School director Rong Lanxiang.<\/p>\n

According to the Chinese law firm CNG<\/span>, eSport in China employs 50,000 people, but it would take 260,000 more to fill all its job vacancies.<\/p>\n

The studies last three years. After a first common year, with 50% practice and 50% theory, the pupils are separated. The best are trained to become professional players, the others learn the management of eSport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playing a video game in the classroom? It is permitted and even compulsory in this school in China, where students are trained to become eSport professionals, a sector in full boom worldwide. \u201cDamn it, I\u2019m dead!\u201d exclaims a student in front of his computer. At his side, dozens of boys between the ages of 14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[325],"news-category":[320],"yoast_head":"\nWow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-28T05:48:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/\",\"name\":\"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-28T05:47:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-28T05:48:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"eSport\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Wow! See why video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"width\":152,\"height\":152,\"caption\":\"Nigeria News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","description":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","og_description":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/","og_site_name":"Nigeria News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/","article_modified_time":"2018-02-28T05:48:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/","name":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-28T05:47:48+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-28T05:48:43+00:00","description":"Wow! Video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1024x576_437313.jpg","width":800,"height":450,"caption":"eSport"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-games-playing-is-now-part-of-school-curriculum-in-china\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Wow! See why video games playing is now part of school curriculum in\u00a0China"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","name":"Nigeria News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization","name":"Nigeria News","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","width":152,"height":152,"caption":"Nigeria News"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/7928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}