Nafisa Nihmat moved to Shanghai to study law because she wanted to emulate the female lawyer in a book she read when she was in junior high school.
Now, as an associate at a leading law firm in the city, the native of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is determined that everyone, including top officials, should understand the importance of handling Xinjiang-related issues in accordance with the law.
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"My friends from Xinjiang say I am a real Xinjiang girl, while those from Shanghai say I have the character of a Shanghainese. My classmates at university in the United States asked me which state I was from because I didn't appear Chinese to them at all," said the smartly dressed 36-year-old, who has a 2-year-old son.Â
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Nafisa Nihmat moved to Shanghai to study law because she wanted to emulate the female lawyer in a book she read when she was in junior high school.
