Meaning of dying room | Babel Free

Definitions

A room in a Chinese orphanage where unwanted children are left to die from neglect.

Examples

“The following day questions were raised in the House of Commons about China's one-child policy and its dying rooms.”

“There have been studies showing that orphanages in parts of China are nothing more than torture chambers at best. An article by Hansel (2002) describes one orphanage as a “dying room.” It was observed that the children are chained to a chair over a bucket […]”

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