A blossoming ambition

Rural life is no obstacle to a woman who sees a landscape of opportunity, Xing Wen reports.

In a tranquil setting by Erhai Lake in Yunnan province, Liu Xiaoyang, a 56-year-old village woman, discusses her interpretation of the literary works of Albert Camus, W. Somerset Maugham and Ernest Hemingway with Zhang Yue, a former CCTV anchorwoman.

It's a scene from a recently aired online program, A Room of Her Own.

The last time these two women from completely different backgrounds had an on-camera dialogue dates back 23 years.