Social enterprise quells poverty via handicraft sales online

Yang Xiuli, 57, a resident of Rongjiang county in Southwest China's mountainous Guizhou province, began mastering embroidery decades back. Little did she imagine that one day she would make a living out of what was essentially a hobby.

She lives in a small wooden cottage, and used to work as a farm hand. Widowed at 36, she raised two children against odds.

In 2016, a flood damaged her home. A year later, with the help of the local government, she moved to a flat in town and landed a job as an embroiderer.