The airline said that the girl's grandmother had given the two women permission to "educate her".

An incident which saw two women lock a crying toddler in an aeroplane toilet has sparked an online debate in China on how to manage children in public spaces.

The incident went viral on the Chinese internet after one of the two women, Gou Tingting, posted a video of herself carrying the girl inside the cubicle.

In her post, she presented herself as trying to help others on board, but was swiftly met with backlash.

  • Drusas
    2•20 days ago

    Flying is not always a choice

    No, but it is the vast majority of the time.

    • RubberDuckEnglish
      -3•20 days ago

      Is it? Leisure is about half of the purposes of flying, business and non leisure make up the rest.

      • Drusas
        8•20 days ago

        I’m going to go out on a limb and say people don’t often bring babies on their business trips.