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. ' D: g" L6 C/ [: R9 Z" @ s- D# B
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)". ) z" l1 L" N3 D) w* c5 j6 `! ?6 O- r+ A6 Q1 q
Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. / D9 V. U% w' I2 o/ ]0 Q% p3 z% l" l& f
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 j3 ]! p! a0 N/ A6 p5 z& Y" m$ c6 G# k, ^, G9 V( T3 L
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.5 X0 A6 ^1 z) K J% V8 z: T( b
: O1 g1 q% y( y+ g& ]5 OThe cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. 8 I7 t: o* Z" u, b* u5 ], B/ v6 g* V4 _$ Q2 M
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.* ^5 Q, [6 ?( G* C