CHINESE DAD SPARKS CONTROVERSY AFTER DIGGING GRAVE TO HELP SICK DAUGHTER COPE WITH DEATH

A father in southwestern China, who once dug a grave for his two-year-old ailing daughter, has transformed it into a flower garden after she made a remarkable recovery. Zhang Xinlei, from Neijiang in Sichuan province, was born with severe thalassaemia, a blood disorder that requires lifelong transfusions and poses risks of developmental delays and heart complications.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a father in southwestern China, who once dug a grave for his two-year-old ailing daughter, has transformed it into a flower garden after she made a remarkable recovery.

The report adds: Zhang Xinlei, from Neijiang in Sichuan province, was born with severe thalassaemia, a blood disorder that requires lifelong transfusions and poses risks of developmental delays and heart complications.

The illness left the little girl largely isolated, often playing alone with her puppy or in a neighbour’s sand pile, as reported...

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