REUTERS: Threatened by a new virus outbreak, many Chinese have been turning to an online plague simulation game and a disaster movie called"The Flu" as part of coping mechanisms.
"The best way to conquer fear is to confront fear," said one commentator on China's Twitter-like Weibo.South Korean disaster flick"The Flu" was the most searched-for movie on Chinese media review and social networking site Douban on Wednesday. A documentary on the 2003 SARS outbreak topped TV searches.
But the usual bonanza for the tourism and consumer industries may be hit as some people were cancelling trips and avoiding public areas like cinemas and shopping centres.
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