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Preface
Chinaatthebeginningofthe21stcenturyintriguesmanyresearchers
aroundtheworld.Nodierentwastheenthusiasmwidelysharedamong
theparticipantsofthestudents’conferenceChinaattheBeginningofthe
21stCenturyorganizedbytheInstituteofMiddleandFarEastStudies
ofJagiellonianUniversityinKrakówinApril2010.Twodaysofsessions
gatheredmanyobservers;moreover,alivelyandcollaborativeworking
environmentwascreated.Researchenthusiasmandinquisitiveattitude
ofpresentersanddiscussantsobservedduringtheconferenceinspiredus
togobeyondtheuniversitywallsandputthispublicationtogether.
Theproblemsdiscussedwithinthisvolumeprovidethereaderswith
abackgroundofmostvitalissuesinmodernChina.Theyarerelated
tothechallengesoftheChinesesocietyandstate’sinternationalskir-
mishes.Whiletherstarticlesprovidetheinsightintosocialchange,
creatingtremendousopportunities,andnolesssignicantthreatsforthe
country’sfuturedevelopment,theotherslookfurtherandbeyondbor-
derstofocusourattentiononsecurityissues.Eacharticleisseparately
concludedbytheauthor’sndings,whichishighlyadmirable,sincethe
authorsareyoung,butpromisingadeptsintheeld.Atthesametime,
beingopenforcriticism,theauthorsinviteustotakealonghardlookat
China’smodernchallenges.
ThebookopenswithachapterwrittenbyNataliaOżegalska-Łukasik.
WhilereferringtorapideconomicdevelopmentofChinaandreforms
initiatedbyDengXiaopingshepresentsaproblemofinternalmigration
ontheexampleofthedagongmei,awell-knownChinesetermininter-
nationalacademiaandmediadescribingyoungfemaleworkersinChina.
Theauthornotonlytriestoconvincethereadersofthesignicanceof
thisphenomenon,butalsoofitscontributiontoChina’smodernization.
Anevenmorevibrantimpactofthesocialchangecouldbeobserved
online,provesAgnieszkaSzajna-WęgrzyninChapterTwo.Shetouches
theissueofuniqueInternetcommunicationinChineseandanalyses
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