{"id":20665,"date":"2020-01-31T07:58:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T07:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/director-zhang-yimou-reported-seven-children-shocks-china\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T07:58:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T07:58:43","slug":"director-zhang-yimou-reported-seven-children-shocks-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/director-zhang-yimou-reported-seven-children-shocks-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Zhang Yimou Reported Seven Children Shocks China"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>  \tRecently Chinese <strong>media(\u5a92\u4f53<script language=\"Javascript\">GetWord(\"\u5a92\u4f53\");<\/script>m&eacute;i t\u01d0)<\/strong> revealed that famous Chinese <strong>director\uff08\u5bfc\u6f14d&aacute;o y\u01cen\uff09<\/strong>Zhang Yimou might have fathered seven children. It is against the China&#39;s one-child policy.<\/p>\n<p>  \tHailed as an accomplished fifth-generation director in the country, 63-year-old Zhang, who wowed the world in 2008 with his astonishing Olympic ceremonies, finds himself the brunt of fierce criticism after media reports said he has at least seven children. Frustrated netizens thronged to social media, seizing upon the case as yet another example that privilege is what it takes for one in China to flout laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>  \tZhang kept his second marriage under wraps for years and now has two sons and one daughter with a 32-year-old women from eastern Jiangsu province, Southern Metropolis Entertainment reported on May 6, 2013. Zhang is <strong>rumored\uff08\u8c23\u4f20<script language=\"Javascript\">GetWord(\"\u8c23\u4f20\");<\/script>[y&aacute;o chu&aacute;n\uff09<\/strong> to have children with another two unnamed women. The director&#39;s eldest daughter with his first wife, whom he divorced in 1988, is 30-years-old and now lives in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>  \tZhang Yimou has so far remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe so-called <strong>one child policy\uff08\u8ba1\u5212\u751f\u80b2<script language=\"Javascript\">GetWord(\"\u8ba1\u5212\u751f\u80b2\");<\/script>j&igrave; hu&agrave; sh\u0113ng y&ugrave;\uff09<\/strong> was introduced in 1979 to limit population growth in China, the world&rsquo;s most populous nation. While the Chinese government say a total of 400 million births would have occurred had the policy not been implemented, critics say it violates human rights and consider it to be outdated given China&rsquo;s changing demographics.<\/p>\n<p>  \tExceptions are allowed. Spouses who are both only children in their own families are given the green light to have two children. In rural areas, a second child is legal only if the first born is a girl.<\/p>\n<p>  \tDespite so, the policy still applies to nearly 63 percent of the population and has been unpopular with many Chinese, as reports of brutal forced sterilization hit news headlines in the past few years. In one example, a woman from China&#39;s northeast Shaanxi province was forced into <strong>abortion\uff08\u6d41\u4ea7<script language=\"Javascript\">GetWord(\"\u6d41\u4ea7\");<\/script>li&uacute; ch\u01cen\uff09<\/strong> last June seven months into her pregnancy, igniting a national outcry over what many said was an atrocity committed by local family planning officials.<\/p>\n<p>  \tFor those violators, a hefty <strong>fine\uff08\u7f5a\u6b3e<script language=\"Javascript\">GetWord(\"\u7f5a\u6b3e\");<\/script>f&aacute; ku\u01cen\uff09<\/strong> will be imposed. Fees vary from region to region.<\/p>\n<p>  \tZhang is now being investigated for breaching the policy. But until details emerge one day on why his alleged seven children have gone unnoticed by family planning officials, the public anger is unlikely to subside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-4068233044\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Chinese media(\u5a92\u4f53m&eacute;i t\u01d0) revealed that famous Chinese director\uff08\u5bfc\u6f14d&aacute;o y\u01cen\uff09Zhang Yimou might have fathered seven children. 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