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. ( I6 ^% X% @' @' \4 m' ]0 ^9 Z. r1 z $ B6 X+ a( f3 UThe 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)". * A8 S! N8 A- m; {; {$ \, w0 b A3 t3 ?1 V; g' r
Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. 5 B' q' C% o. r0 _6 O6 H3 J0 Q6 a. j# U% f' b
Shun 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. - G# Q; }. r7 l1 I! ^' m4 @- e$ p/ z+ o
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. + m8 g- J( h% d) ]0 P5 f0 E5 k7 c3 e5 u; m- i
The cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. " A3 s5 b; S( }, [ O' ]+ w2 T6 j/ q [& r8 q% s; Q
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.' E3 `4 q) T% o) N: G
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