thank you all three, ann selzer, rebecca traister and kelly dittmar. >> thank you. >> woodruff: staywith us, coming up on the newshour: the rise of so-called micro- scholarships. what's behind the rapid decline of venezuela's economy. and top female soccer players take action against unequal pay. but first, as tensions mount between the united states and china over a number of issues, tensions within china are also rising. hari screenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: for the chinese leader, it's a moment on the world stage, on issues ranging from the growing tensions over china's military activity in the south china sea, to beijing's ability to rein in north korea's nuclear efforts. >> ( translated ): especially we want to enhance communication and coordination on the korea nuclear issue and other regional and global issues, and to consolidate and expand our shared interests. >> sreenivasan: but xi's biggest challenge may be back home, where there are signs of growing discontent. partly, it's economic: a stock crash, sliding currency values and the weakest economic growth in a qu