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./ Y R9 Y' x u0 s0 P/ [* _2 D$ j
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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)". / R3 W8 t1 G/ C% c# G1 k2 j/ n! `; ?
Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. 8 z. h0 v }6 l2 k4 U { ; k* N& V H- P7 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.% B; l8 {+ d: X; W. i3 l
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The 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. 7 B1 I9 E% K% i5 g# q: e4 U v/ k/ u% H( R
The cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said.6 f( I/ ^" d( E( A
1 m+ s0 {$ O8 e+ f3 `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.$ a* K4 K. Z( ^' w4 F
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm