Stitches against time
By Luo Wangshu and Ji Jin | China Daily | Updated: 2014-03-20 07:29
Bedridden with breast cancer, a worried mother turns to embroidery to fund a future for her children, Luo Wangshu and Ji Jin report in Chongqing.
A struggling family cannot predict future challenges, but the mother prefares the best way she can by working on her embroidery while she battles the pain of cancer, aiming to leave a legacy for her children.
The 39-year-old mother, Yao Houzhi, from Wuxi county of Chongqing, has taken three and a half years to complete a work of silk and thread that is 6.5 by 0.85 meters.
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