标题: 【Daily Reading】 Chinese cartoon blamed for children's [打印本页] 作者: vivian 时间: 2013-12-18 22:45 标题: 【Daily Reading】 Chinese cartoon blamed for children's NANJING - A Chinese court on Wednesday decided the producer of a popular animation was partly to blame for injuries to two children when another child imitated an episode of the TV series. # B9 a) `& e2 I; c7 k* `# q% h/ d; H( z
The two brothers, Ran Ran, 7, and Hao Hao, 4, from Donghai County in east China's Jiangsu Province, were badly burnt on April 6, when they were tied to a tree and set alight by their friend Shun Shun, 10, who confessed he was imitating a scene from the cartoon "Xi Yangyang & Hui Tailang (Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf)".# \' ?0 Z, d# V- c; Y8 B% ~# s
: V* ^9 C; M' G3 u4 aHao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. 0 o! W; K& M% B; k; ? - h0 v9 n0 X! d$ rShun Shun's legal guardians and the cartoon producer -- Guangzhou's Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd. -- are jointly responsible for the two brothers' injuries, according to the verdict of the court. 6 O$ A8 _# t- \2 M 2 |7 _% E7 v Y2 G4 m! aThe cartoon is aimed at children, so producers are obliged to scrutinize violence carefully, said the court, adding that inappropriate scenes should be edited out and warnings given.2 E4 [ a3 T2 ?
& [5 u: M9 n! T$ D$ D2 k! J7 sThe cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. 0 `% \! F/ P3 X$ J& l2 e1 o- @' Q! Q* _8 I& [* W& i/ M
According to the ruling, Shun Shun's guardians will pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the cartoon producer will shoulder 15 percent. v4 w5 T' ]! F; \ s: _3 R ; E8 H. T- z" Q2 i/ {' n+ P7 O3 E0 \2 {) B5 K
From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm