Easing hardship through education

URUMQI: Like other students from Xinjiang University, Yusanjan Abdiryim from Kashgar knows he will have more choices after graduation than were possible before.

The 23-year-old has already felt the hardship of life and places great value on what he has learned - and will learn. His father died in 2001 and his mother is a laid-off worker.

"I treasure my opportunity to enter this school, which helps me see the world in a different way," the junior said, adding that he receives subsidies from the university and has a part-time job to help pay for his studies.