Nanjing newspaper calls out director Zhang Yimou   

某報頭版登《尋人啟事》尋找張藝謀(圖)

11月26日東方衛報頭版刊登尋人啟事，讓張藝謀上了頭條，今年5月，著名導演張藝謀被曝曾有四個妻子七個孩子，被網友們笑稱“葫蘆娃的爸爸”。昨天有網友“陳劍-Hero”自稱是張藝謀“大舅子”，就“超生”為張藝謀開脫，稱張藝謀與陳婷的三個孩子都不算是“超生”。不過，張藝謀工作室微博舉報該網友“冒充親友”假代言，目前，正在拍戲的張藝謀一直回避此事。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A Nanjing newspaper's front-page headline on Tuesday called out Chinese movie director Zhang Yimou amid widespread rumors that he has breached the one-child policy, China National Radio reports.

Sina Weibo user "Chen Jian -- Hero," who claims to be a spokesman for Zhang, denied on Monday that the director had broken China's family planning rules, and demanded an apology from a magazine for accusing Zhang of siring seven children with multiple women, according to the newspaper Oriental Guardian.

However, Chen's statement was later refuted by an employee in the marketing department at Zhang's company, the newspaper added.

In May, the director was alleged to have fathered at least seven children. If found guilty, he could be fined 160 million yuan (US$26.3 million).

Despite Zhang's silence, the rumor has aroused much interest among netizens and media.

The family planning department in the southerly city of Wuxi — where Zhang's wife, Chen Ting, is from — told reporters this month that they have been unable to contact Zhang.

Meanwhile, a photo of Hong Kong director Tsui Hark visiting Zhang on the set of his new movie has just surfaced online.