Cover: Stone rubbing from the tombstone of Fr. António de Magalhães (1692-1735) at Zhalan Cemetery, Beijing. -- Necrology of Dr. John Dragon Young (楊意龍博士)(1949-1996) -- R. Entenmann, Andreas Ly (Li Ande 李安德) on the First Jinchuan War in Western Sichuan (1747-1949) -- E. Menegon, Newly Available Manchu Documents Pertaining to Sino-Western Relations in the Kangxi Period.
Reviews: Edward Malatesta, Departed, Yet Present: Zhalan, the Oldest Christian Cemetery in Beijing (D.E.Mungello); Mme de Bossierre, Jean-François Gerbillon, S.J. (1654-1707), un des Cinq Mathématiciens Envoyés en Chine par Louis XIV (Rita Widmaier). News: Symposium on the History of Christianity in China (Hong Kong, 1996). Report on the Research Project “A Confucian Reflection on the Enlightenment Mentality” (Dominic Sachsenmaier).

N.B. Dr. Menegon translates Kangxichao Manwen zhupi zouzhe quanyi 康熙朝滿文朱批奏折全譯 as: A translation of the complete collection of Manchu language secret memorials with vermilion endorsements of the Kangxi period. He notes: "Approximately 125 Manchu memorials deal with the presence of the Jesuits at the Qing court, the Tournon legation, and Qing relations with Western powers..." and lists their occurences.
N.B. Translated passages from Ly’s journal cover the First Jinchuan 金川 War (1747-1749) fought between the Qing and the rGyal-rong people of the Sichuan-Tibetan frontier.

1. Adrian Dudink 杜鼎克: Chinese Christian texts in the Zikawei 徐家匯 Collection in Shanghai: a preliminary and partial list.
42. Liu Yu 劉豫: Matteo Ricci’s friendship with Qu Taisu 瞿太素: a key to the fate of the Jesuit mission.
62. Translation of the Journal (1749-1750) of Lucas Augustinus Ly (Li Shiyin 李世音, Chinese Catholic priest), translated by Joseph Ruellen, M.E.P. & annotated by Robert Entenmann 鄢華陽.

Reviews: Ancestors, Virgins, and Friars: Christianity as a local religion in late Imperial China, by Eugenio Menegon (2009). [Review. Henrietta Harrison] -- The Birth of Orientalism, by Urs App ; German Orientalism in the Age of Empire: religion, race, and scholarship, by Suzanne L. Marchand (2009). [Review.Francis X. Clooney, SJ] -- Handbook of Christianity in China, Volume Two: 1800-Present, by R.G. Tiedemann (2010). {Review. D.E.M.} -- A Jesuit in the Forbidden City, Matteo Ricci, 1552-1610, by R. Po-chia Hsia (2010). [Review. Jocelyn M.N. Marinescu] -- Sojourners in a strange land: Jesuits & their scientific missions in late Imperial China, by Florence C. Hsia (2010). [Review.Joanna Waley-Cohen].

Mario Cams 康言: Early Qing geographical surveys (1708-1716) as a case of collaboration between the Jesuits and the Kangxi Court.
Claudia von Collani 柯蘭易: The Kangxi Emperor, Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon and Matteo Ricci.
Translation of the Journal of Lucas Augustinius Ly (Li Shiyin 李世音, Chinese Catholic Priest), Part II: 1750-1751, translated by Joseph Ruellen, M.E.P. & annotated by Robert Entenmann 鄢華陽.