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Pakistan blocks Twitter on the ground that on the ground that it was being used to publicise a contest for blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on Facebook. 

We have just received the International Edition of the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, vol. 16 / August 2011, which is published by the Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, Academy of East Asian Studies of Sungkyunkwan University, a private academia located in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea, which was established in 1398 and is considered one of the foremost universities in the country.

The papers of the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture deal with Confucianism, its idea and idealsand the more recent studies on it. They are written either in Korean with a summary in English, or in English. In this issue, which is 268 + XVII page long, papers are written in Korean.

Table of contents, papers: "The Compile Purport of Yi Li Zhuan Tong Jie and the Status in Zhu Xi's Thought and Learning", by Yin Hu; "A Study of Zheng Mengzhou's Confucianism", by Li Suping; "A Dual Structure on

The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) located in Taiwan offers a research grant program. This program is designed for foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, as well as researchers at related foreign academic institutes. The content of the research, to be undertaken in Taiwan, should be within the field of Chinese studies.

The Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies (AJISS) has just published the AJISS-Commentary No.146 “Containing Contingency Games”, by Naoki Tanaka. Tanaka (tonne@cipps.org) is President of the Center for International Public Policy Studies in Tokyo.

The sovereign debt crisis in Europe has unmistakably changed the way policy options are debated in Japan. Excessive selling of government bonds in the market have made it clear that a country’s comprehensive economic policy must be prepared for both ordinary times and contingencies. If such an understanding is to change the rules of the game, there is also a growing recognition that it is necessary to prepare contingency legislation to provide for emergencies should the game’s structure undergo a drastic change.

The Indologist Roberto (Silvio Edevain) Donatoni, one of the editors of the International Journal of Tantric Studies, has suddenly passed away on his 53rd birthday, on March 20, at his home in Milano, Italy.

He was a refined Sanskritist and Tibetologist and his knowledge was deep and comprehensive. He studied in Pune. He translated from Sanskrit the Jivanmuktiviveka by Vidyaranya (Milano, 1995). He worked for some 28 years as the editor of the Indology, Tibetan and Sanskrit books of the Adelphi.  He also owned one of the best (and biggest) private Sanskrit libraries in Italy.

We have just received the Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies, 120 (November 2011 - vol. 30, no. 4), a hard copy quarterly published by the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), established in 1981 to promote research in Chinese studies both in Taiwan (The Republic of China) and overseas.

It is written in Chinese with subtitles in English. It contains articles, interviews, and regular updates on the happenings in the worldwide community of Chinese studies.

This issue includes: Summary of Research: “Hu Shi and Kaiten Nukariya: Re-Examining Hu Shi’s Early Period Chan Research”, by Chiang Tsan-teng; “100 Years of Xu Xun and Jing Ming Dao Research: A Review”, by Xu Wei; “A Review on the Translation ad Introduction of Canglang Shihua in Europe and America within the Past Century”, Hui Ming Tak Ted.

To protect, preserve, and disseminate the ancient and contemporary Jain literature, the Jain Education International organization in cooperation with Shri Mahavir Ardhana Kendra, Koba Ahmedabad; and Shri Prachya Vidyapith, Sajapur, India has launched a Jain eLibrary project. Under this project the Jain literature is converted electronically into eBooks (pdf or other formatted files) or other electronic media and made available via the website.

The eLibrary comprises of a vast collection of literature on Jain principles, such as Ahimsa, compassion, karma philosophy, and Anekäntaväda. It also provides Jain educational material for Jain Päthashälä or Sunday school.

We have just received the Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies, 119 (August 2011 - vol. 30, no. 3), a hard copy quarterly published by the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), established in 1981 to promote research in Chinese studies both in Taiwan (The Republic of China) and overseas.

It is written in Chinese with subtitles in English. It contains articles, interviews, and regular updates on the happenings in the worldwide community of Chinese studies.

This issue includes: Summary of Research: “The Center for Chinese Studies: Hopes for the Next 30 Years”, by Tseng Shu-hsien; “Creating a Hig Quality Environment for Chinese Studies: 30 Successful Years of the Center for Chinese Studies”, by Huang Kuan-chung; “A Brief History of the Center for Chinese Studies”, by Tsai Ching-lang;