She's got dreams for the small screen

Liu Yunxia owes a debt almost equal to her family's annual income. Yet she is not worried because, having just published her first novel, she feels she is one step closer to realizing her dream of making a TV drama series.

Liu, 38, a farmer in a remote mountainous village in Northwest China's Gansu province, borrowed 30,000 yuan ($4,870) from a local entrepreneur to publish her novel, 30 Years Is Not a Dream, which tells the story of a rural arranged marriage and is based on her own experiences.

With only a primary school education, Liu is known in her hometown and online for her determination to write dramas and produce a TV series.