{"id":63493,"date":"2014-01-10T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T12:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=63493"},"modified":"2014-01-10T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T12:11:26","slug":"china-filmmaker-zhang-yimou-fined-1-2m-for-breach-of-one-child-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=63493","title":{"rendered":"China: Filmmaker Zhang Yimou fined $1.2M for breach of one-child policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-nominated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has been fined 7.48 million yuan ($1.2 million) for breaching China&#8217;s one-child policy, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ww1.sinaimg.cn\/large\/71535d99jw1ecdcvc42llj206618gtd1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">A letter<\/a> sent to Zhang by the family planning bureau of Binhu District of Wuxi City, Jiangsu province in eastern China on Thursday demanded that he pay a penalty for having two &#8220;beyond-the-quota&#8221; children.<\/p>\n<p>The fine comes after Zhang apologized<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/entertainment\/2013-12\/02\/c_132935281.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> in an open letter <\/a>for his &#8220;excessive children&#8221; in December. He and his wife, Chen Ting, admitted to having two sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials in Jiangsu province calculated the fine based on the couple&#8217;s combined annual income, the document stated. Nine investigation teams had been sent to &#8220;collect evidence&#8221; since November.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have to pay the fine within 30 days of receiving the letter, local authorities added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zhang, best known for movies such as &#8220;Red Sorghum,&#8221; &#8220;Raise the Red Lantern,&#8221; and &#8220;Hero,&#8221; is unlikely to benefit from the change.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker also directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-nominated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has been fined 7.48 million yuan ($1.2 million) for breaching&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":63491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}