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. / c4 i- H _2 c8 U. y) X) |6 l! a" U& b, E7 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)".$ q5 U2 d1 x- h7 m8 w6 L7 w
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Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. ; {4 E# p/ v: H* k- l$ m/ z8 H$ Y7 T, o" v/ S
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.2 R& \2 |2 m; I% G; m
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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. ( Z4 A2 u& c6 o7 { & R) [; @5 D* i0 Q" xThe cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said.2 o! g* J9 W A
4 r" h7 P; |+ ]- O5 O: fAccording to the ruling, Shun Shun's guardians will pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the cartoon producer will shoulder 15 percent.1 z. j5 n! @8 A