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. ' x3 {! r/ h6 U" i& { 3 e' k0 [) M( c: e( bThe 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)". 9 O' J7 j3 x6 ^) [5 {8 A" }' S% K3 O* r
Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body.0 Q* \, C* O# z. c4 _
) c" H+ [5 r9 x) u+ ]2 SShun 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( m v2 I) G8 ]9 N" y4 q
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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. 8 F, j Z5 {; Y& o- |$ \3 u" K2 ^9 q7 g
The cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. 2 @/ a+ {* _; F: \- A4 X1 X $ d; i% N, i1 R3 ^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.% g ]2 @* \2 [- ]0 Z
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm