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Article: Project Hope beneficiary cherishes memory of Deng Xiaoping
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 8, 2004
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Project Hope beneficiary cherishes memory of Deng Xiaoping
NANNING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Biaoliang, 23, is an ordinary
woman from a village in Bose, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, but the luck of being chosen as one of the
recipients of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's donated money via
Project Hope has turned Zhou into a star.
Twelve years ago, the home of Zhou was burnt down in a fire, and
the Zhou family with three school-age kids was suddenly thrown into
financial difficulties. Zhou Biaoliang was forced to quit school.
"The sky seemed grey in those days. Overpowered by despair, I
concluded my days of schooling were finished," Zhou recalled.
Zhou's fate was ...