Challenge accepted? 

A social experiment conducted by the Chongqing Three Gorges University is quickly gaining attention in local Chinese media. Students of the university are uploading bracelets plastered with the words "Cellphone Ninja" on Chinese social media platform Weibo, sparking online curiousity. 

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The university challenged their students to refrain from using their mobile phones in class for 21 consecutive days. Every volunteer participant has to wear the orange bracelet.  The experiment started on April 12 and will run until May 3. 

Student participants have to upload a photo of their bracelet to the universitys public WeChat profile before their first class and after their last class IF they did not use their cellphones. Professors chose 21 days according to a psychological study that found out that 21 days are needed for an individual to form a habit. 

More than 800 students applied for the challenge, but the university only chose 400. Seven days into the experiment, the number of participants already dwindled down to only 103 students. 

Professors overseeing the experiment clarified that the participants will not receive incentives or punishments if they chose to continue or drop out of the challenge. The participants are all volunteers.

The experiment aims to teach students better study habits. 

China has the world's most number of internet and mobile users. 

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