Qing Wang goes by the name of Carmen when she is out and in the mood to be chatted up by Spanish men who find her real name hard to pronounce. The 26-year-old master's graduate lives in Salamanca, one of Europe's most spectacular Renaissance cities.
She graduated in law in Xian before making the difficult transition to a new life in Spain. By day, she helps other Chinese immigrants integrate into Spanish society. In her role as secretary of the Committee for the Education and Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Spain, she teaches Spanish to fellow Chinese. By night, she does what many typical Spanish twentysomethings might do - enjoy the plentiful nightlife of this popular university city.
With a shy smile she says: 'I call myself Carmen because as a foreigner I am a bit exotic and tend to be the centre of attention but the boys find it hard to pronounce my real name.'
Ms Wang is typical of a new generation of young Chinese immigrants to Spain. Rather than head for more established Chinese communities in Britain, France or Italy, she - like tens of thousands of others - opted for Spain.
In 1996, there were just 10,816 Chinese people registered in Spain. In little more than a decade, the figure has risen dramatically. Last year, Spain's National Institute of Statistics recorded 113,922 - nearly an elevenfold increase in 11 years.
This makes the Chinese the fastest-growing immigrant population in Spain over the past 10 years. Spain has one of the fastest rates of immigration in Europe with 10 per cent - or 4.4 million - of the 44 million population not native-born.