Embroidery fills women's pockets, lives in Inner Mongolia--China Economic Net
Basking in the morning sun in a seat against the window, Liu Menglan is doing magic on clothes, stitching life-like flowers with the dexterity of her hands. For Liu and some other women from North China's Inner Mongolian autonomous region, the spacious embroidery studio has upended their lives - in a good way. "I never imagined a life like this. My family earned almost 60,000 yuan (around $9,331) last year," Liu said in contentment. She is now capable of making as much as 40,000 yuan a year from embroidery products. Liu and her fellow embroiders are just some of the 26,000 women from...