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. , {: j4 }% P6 e1 z" ~3 {1 p% R& H: S, M6 A
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)". $ S& M" V9 D/ l" I$ q. @( q7 D5 W! l5 L' j+ P
Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body.9 Y/ Z7 [1 d) s1 T
; s u+ O" t" d$ U4 x8 R) t MShun 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.7 C5 ~* |/ b& ^$ f" i [
, j- k8 K# t7 K" qThe 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. ?+ @) A; ~3 F) \6 Q
2 z2 B% {! D$ [The cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. 5 F* ~1 {" p5 p4 e% \* o + P+ `: n( f# J% Y% ^1 D, ~6 o6 TAccording to the ruling, Shun Shun's guardians will pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the cartoon producer will shoulder 15 percent. 0 }6 a b) G1 C$ n, _; v7 B0 ]8 F" m. v0 X
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm