A success story weaved out of true dedication

Travel outside China? An impossible dream, or so Wei Qinghua, now 51, thought when she was a teenager. Wei, from the Dong ethnic group in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, has seen her embroidery skills realize her dream and the entry stamps of many countries, in Europe and elsewhere, are in her passport.

But one particular trip, to London, was special as her embroidery works were received by Vice-Premier Liu Yandong during an exhibition.

The two-day exhibition, named Weaving the Threads of Culture and Time, featuring traditional Chinese handicraft jointly held by China's Ministry of Culture and the Chinese embassy in London, attracted thousands of viewers.