Introduction / Ku Wei-ying -- Mission and matrimony / Cl. Von Collani -- Understanding mission and the Jesuits' shifting approaches toward China / J.-P. Wiest -- Deer hunting in Dutch Formosa / P. Heyns -- The Catholic Dominican missionaries in Taiwan / J. Borao -- Luo Wenzao : a unique role in the seventeenth century church of China / M. San Roman -- Dominique Parrenin's activities in the Manchu world of Kangxi / T. Pang, G. Stary -- The dialoues of Giulio Aleni on Christ and China : the mystery of the plan of salvation and China / G. Criveller -- The Qiqi Tushuo revisited / H. Walravens -- Missionary linguistics on Taiwan : Dutch language policy and early Formosan literacy (1624-1662) / Ann Heylen -- The Tibetan and Mongolian manuscripts and block-prints preserved at the University Library of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) / K. Kollmar-Paulenz -- The Manchu-Mongolian Collection in the University Library of the Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium) / D. Heuschert-Laage.