Prefaces Wang Meng: Embrace Happiness and Light Bai Yansong: From Life Itself Ma Rong: Where Do I Come from? Wang Hui: Forging Ahead with a Questioning Mind Foreword Kurbanjian Samat: I Am from Xinjiang Xinjiang: Beyond Race, Religion and Place of Origin Chen Jianbin: A "Spoon" Li Yapeng: An Idealistic Entrepreneur Tong Liya" Hometown - the Warmest and Softest Part of My Heart Wang Jingchun: Courteousness Ma Shangyou: Forever Young Lang Chen: An Atypical Uyghur Abulaiti Maimaiti: Taking My Childhood Dream to the Sky Yang Jian: Accomplish One Thing in a Lifetime Ai Kezhu: Be the Master of My Own Life Zhang Zhiqiang: Life Is All about Constant Giving and Accumulating Elik Abdurehim: I Am "Shish Kebab" Kahar Basir: The Good-Shepherd Teacher Halidan Abudulkarim: Big Dream, Cruel Reality YaYa: Office Lady in the Desert Parhat Haliq: Native Xinjiang Musician Xie Ya'er: Wedding Photos Marina Ahmet: An Ideal Home and an Ideal Him Ma Jun: Dream Detoured for Love of Hometown Ruxangul Eli: Things Will Get Better Alimjan Adili: A Root-Seeking Business Zulpikar Mehmet Eli: Craftsman Spirit of a Boxer Outekai Aini: Crystallization of the Cultures of Xinjiang and Shanghai Kurbanjan Samat: Remote Xinjiang and Nearby Xinjiangers Postcript Kurbanjan Samat: Where Do I Come from?