The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands

Smith, Gary Scott; Wesley-Smith, Terence

doi:10.22459/ca.2021

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“…24 See Crocombe (2007). 25 For example, see Smith & Wesley-Smith (2021) and Zhang (2022). 26 One constant joke I hear is that the real estate market in Cairns will collapse if PNG nationals are banned from buying real estate in Australia.…”

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The rise and rise of China: Contemporary Chinese community in PNG (2010–2020)

Chin

2024

The Chinese in Papua New Guinea: Past, Present and Future

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The rise and rise of China: Contemporary Chinese community in PNG (2010–2020)

Chin

2024

The Chinese in Papua New Guinea: Past, Present and Future

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“…The rapid provision of external aid was essential to recover from such damage (RNZ 2015). Given these changed circumstances, it is not surprising that Pacific Island nations have become increasingly assertive on the world stage and at international forums in condemning large carbonemitting nations, including seeking diverse donors and political partners beyond their usual ones (Beck 2020;Craney and Hudson 2020;Smith and Wesley-Smith 2021;Kabutaulaka 2021). There has been no shortage of interested parties (Firth 2013;Fry and Tarte 2016).…”

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Islands of Hope: Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific

2023

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Gonzaga(Zag) Puas holds a bachelor of arts/diploma of education, bachelor of law, master of political science and a doctorate in Micronesian history. Born and raised in Chuuk State on the island of Lukunor, Federated States of Micronesia, and from the Sor clan, he is director of the Micronesian Institute for Research and Development and professor and Micronesian outreach coordinator at the Pacific Islands University, Guam. His ANU doctorate was published in 2021 by ANU Press as Federated States of Micronesia's Engagement with the Outside World: Control, Self-preservation and Continuity. Patrick Rochette is a farmer and fisherman on the Taiarapu Peninsula in Tahiti. He has been a member of the Teahupo`o Rāhui Management Committee for 10 years and active promoter of this form of integrated society-ecosystem management across Tahiti. Marguerite Taiarui was born and raised in Tahiti and has always been passionate about the marine environment. She studied marine sciences in New Zealand and Australia from 2012 to 2016, obtaining a Diploma in Marine Sciences, a BSc in Applied Biological Sciences, and a MSc in Fisheries Biology and Management. Her MSc research made her realise the complexity and importance of small-scale fisheries in French Polynesia and left her committed to the better understanding and management of Tahitian lagoon fisheries. She worked for the Direction of Marine Resources of French Polynesia from 2019 to 2021, helping to put in place restricted fishing areas with local communities' participation. Marguerite is currently completing a PhD on better fisheries management in French Polynesia and in the Pacific.Melody Tay is a marine biologist and performance artist who recently graduated from Yale/NUS College at the National University of Singapore. Melody is interested in how art can be both a witness and an intervention to the present reality of climate change and the human stories that are intertwined in that problem. In her work, she explores wonder and the relationship between the experience of nature and the divine.

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Reconciling Regional Security Narratives in the Pacific

Tarte

2021

East Asia

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The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands

Abstract: Australian colloquial term meaning 'beserk' (Macquarie Dictionary, 7th edition).

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

The rise and rise of China: Contemporary Chinese community in PNG (2010–2020)

The rise and rise of China: Contemporary Chinese community in PNG (2010–2020)

Islands of Hope: Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific

Reconciling Regional Security Narratives in the Pacific

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