Chinese game addict MURDERS girlfriend after she leaves him
Creep steals her credit card to fund all-night game binge
A Chinese man with a gaming addiction has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage and, after doing the deed, using her credit card to buy more time playing games.
Guangzhou Daily last week reported the case of one Xie Huachang, a Guangdong resident whose girlfriend decided to leave him after she found he paid more attention to games than to her. The girlfriend met another man online and planned to move to Shenzen to be with him. When Xie found out, he flew into a murderous rage, choking her to death.
Xie’s next move was to steal his girlfriend’s credit card, withdraw money from her account and use the proceeds fund an all-night gaming binge at a nearby internet café.
The next day, however, remorse set in and after a brief flirtation with suicide Xie turned himself in.
He’s since expressed remorse and been sentenced to life in prison, a sentence considered lenient as the death penalty was possible.
The murder took place in 2011 and Guangzhou Daily says the trial took place in mid-2012. China’s courts aren’t always punctual publishers, one possible explanation for the delay. Another is that Chinese authorities have form in trying to portray gaming addiction as degenerate and undesirable, making a retelling of the tale at any time a further illustration of that position.
The writers and editors – within and without the ‘paper – may also have wanted to make a point about cohabitation. Pre-marital sex is no longer taboo in China, but moving in with a boyfriend/girlfriend is still looked down upon by many. This sordid tale could serve to re-enforce the undesirability of shacking up. ®
COMMENTS
Re: Doesn't he know...
Right. The issue is his antisocial behavior and his alleged ineptitude with women. Not the fact that he killed someone.
Being both a gamer and a divorcee I can assure you it's quite possible to be more interested in a hobby than the old lady. Especially if it's your only escape from the nagging. Just because he's not walking to the pub every time he needs to get away doesn't make him a loser.
Being an addict and a murderer is another story (assuming this story wasn't just propaganda against gaming and cohabitation). The devil is in the details. He couldn't have been that distracted if he caught wind of his ladies new lover.
Re: Game or Pub
or you could decide to spend your life with someone who is accepting of your hobbies? wild idea i know!
my partner and i have wildly diffrent hobbies and intrests and we do not begrudge the other when they want to spend time on one. we spend time together, we spend time apart. you do not need to spend every waking second with your partner doing the exact same thing.
Why so many people seem to settle down and have kids with a partner they seem to spend every waking second trying to get away from is beyond me.
Doesn't he know...
That playing (games) with your girlfriend can be MUCH more fun & rewarding than sitting behind the screen all day?
Stories like these always make me wonder how the heck an addict like that actually manages to meet up and show interest to any girls at all. Because I can't believe that things like this changes over night so to speak.
Even so, the icon says it all. What a loser.
Re: Doesn't he know...
"No, being infatuated with your 'girlfriend' is."
Eh? What?
Am I misreading or are you suggesting that no-one older than high school age should have a girlfriend?
By that logic all people older than high school age must be either, a) single b) married immediately upon leaving high school or c) get married at some point in there adult life without having any kind of relationship first.
Re: Game or Pub
Best solution, get a shed, you can claim you are doing DIY and get brownie points at the same time
