TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Preface 9
Chapter One
Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik, Dagongmei in the Context of Rural-urban Migration Processes in Contemporary China 13
Chapter Two
Agnieszka Szajna-Węgrzyn, The Linguistic Features of Chinese Internet Language 25
Chapter Three
Michał Witek, Chinese Contemporary Art: Between Market and Freedom 35
Chapter Four
Janusz Bąbel, The Modernization of the People’s Liberation Army since 1978 49
Chapter Five
Paweł Bieńkowski, The Reduced Role of the People’s Liberation Army in the Political Succession to Deng Xiaoping and to Jiang Zemin: Chinese Style Civilian-Military Relations in the Making 63
Chapter Six
Tobiasz Targosz, Chinese Involvement in Southeast Asia on the Example of Myanmar 77
Chapter Seven
Anna Kotfis, China’s Energy Policy towards Central Asia and Russia 87
Chapter Eight
Karol Bronicki, Sino-Japanese Dispute over the Seabed Oil and Gas Resources in the East China Sea 97
Chapter Nine
Jacek Budziaszek, China’s Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea 111
Chapter Ten
Paulina Opacka, The Way to Hong Kong Handover and its Implications 121