Chinese mum whose young kids were thrown from 15th floor by their dad reveals new romance

Chen and Lage both said they thought their chance of finding real love had gone. Inset: Chen after the tragedy of losing both her children. - Douyin/Baidu

BEIJING: The heartbroken Chinese mother whose son and daughter were killed when they were thrown from their 15th-floor home by their father five years ago has announced a new romantic relationship, sparking controversy online.

Tragedy struck on Nov 2, 2020, when Chen Meilin’s children, her two-year-old daughter Xuexue and one-year-old son Ruirui, were thrown out of the window of their father’s 15th-floor flat in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality.