Crossroads — Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World, Vol. 16 (Oct. 2017), Special Issue The "Indo-Pacific" Crossroads: The Asian Waters as Conduits of Knowledge, People, Cargoes, and Technologies Edited by Angela SCHOTTENHAMMER Angela SCHOTTENHAMMER: Introductory Remarks: What Is the "Indo-Pacific"? [pp. 83–98] Ubaldo IACCARINO: "The Centre of a Circle": Manila’s Trade with East and Southeast Asia at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century [pp. 99–120] Omri BASSEWITCH FRENKEL: Conquistadores or Merchants? Spanish Plans for the Conquest of China, 1565–1586 [pp. 121–140] CHENG Weichung 鄭維中: The Dutch Deserter Hugo Rozijn and His Activities in East Asian Waters during the Ming-Qing Transition [pp. 141–160] LEE Chi-lin 李其霖 The Development of Shipbuilding during the Qing Dynasty [pp. 161–193] Wim DE WINTER: Dining with the Daimyō: Performative Intercultural Exchange and Border Thinking through Seventeenth-Century European-Japanese Banquets [pp. 195–218] Fabricio A. FONSECA: The Chinese Initiative for a Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America [pp. 219–247] Abstracts (in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean) [pp. 245–256]