Animal instincts

A psychologist has created her own rating system for children's programs on Chinese TV amid audience desire for change, Han Bingbin reports.

Two years ago, in eastern China's Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, a 9-year-old boy inflicted unintended harm on two of his younger friends while trying to copy a scene from the popular TV cartoon Weslie, which shows an evil wolf trying to roast mutton.

The incident shocked many Chinese parents, who complain that cartoons shown on TV are increasingly becoming "bad influences" on young minds, especially owing to their violent content.