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.' g5 x6 q; G4 o! v4 f- [
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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)".& u: K9 N P, ^' X
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Hao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body. / Z% S& A& q7 ` 1 D9 |) t6 I W! E8 i& oShun 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.6 t' o) F6 N' p. W6 Q; y0 Y: n1 f
9 Q) g" U! r5 x+ z/ d- pThe 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. ! `2 N8 X! o3 c, z " o. ?0 h2 C+ O% Z& ?* L% G! |& oThe cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said. - x( B+ }, f$ G% k0 \1 c) c1 ?& Z! G$ W* I8 { r
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# o% L3 `- O) G1 P9 I# s ' _. C4 G7 g5 z( U3 p : k6 ?6 y6 N0 d, }3 d$ d, s0 qFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm