Relay brightens Urumqi

URUMQI: Ayixiamu Xiayimu, a 46-year-old Uygur woman whose name means "moon," has long been the breadwinner in her family. After her husband suffered a heart attack several years ago, he could no longer work. Since then, she has supported her family by cleaning streets and collecting rubbish.

She saves every penny she can to support her youngest son, a student at a professional school in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China.

On Monday night, Xiayimu's anticipation about the Olympic torch relay, which she would watch the following day, kept her awake all night.