Nanjing newspaper calls out director Zhang Yimou   

某报头版登《寻人启事》寻找张艺谋(图)

11月26日东方卫报头版刊登寻人启事，让张艺谋上了头条，今年5月，著名导演张艺谋被曝曾有四个妻子七个孩子，被网友们笑称“葫芦娃的爸爸”。昨天有网友“陈剑-Hero”自称是张艺谋“大舅子”，就“超生”为张艺谋开脱，称张艺谋与陈婷的三个孩子都不算是“超生”。不过，张艺谋工作室微博举报该网友“冒充亲友”假代言，目前，正在拍戏的张艺谋一直回避此事。[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.