'Taiwan's ally Tuvalu to soon become a water world' : language, place, and Taiwan's popular discourse on Tuvalu

Examines Taiwan's discourse on Tuvalu and its connections to themes in the Pacific Studies field. Outlines how Taiwan's diplomatic ethnocentrism and its media's fixation on climate change have filtered into popular discourse that connects Tuvalu to Taiwan's sovereignty concerns. Considers how examining Taiwan's popular discourse on Tuvalu further engages themes of language/translation and love of place critical to the field of Pacific Studies. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.