Asia & Europe Bulletin 3/2014 Editorial Essay Foreign Encounters, Informal Diplomacy, and the Contested Histories of 19th-Century Japan Interview Translation and Cultural Concepts Reports Healthy and Harmful Mercury Landscapes in East and West Young Scholars Presenting and Exchanging Ideas The Benefit of Traditions Persuaders in Early China Keeping a Close Eye on Protests How to Accumulate Knowledge Acknowledgment A Great Accomplishment News