Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Creating and contesting meaning in a global health crisisIkuko Nakane, Claire Maree and Michael C EwingChapter 2 Martyrs in Masks: the “battle-to-saviour” story grammar of COVID-19 coverage in Chinese Communist Party MediSusanna AckroydChapter 3 What has machine translation “mis-translated” COVID-19? What “mistakes” can tell us about humanity that machines cannotWayne Wen-chun Liang, Ester S.M. Liang and Chun Hin TseChapter 4 From “selfless hospitality” to “get out”: Disrupting the 2020 GamesClaire MareeChapter 5 Political leaders’ discourse addressing “corona discrimination” in JapanIkuko NakaneChapter 6 (Im)politeness of masked and non-masked faces in COVID-19 pandemic: Japan and AustraliaJun OhashiChapter 7 COVID-19 and the construction of wuli (we): Marriage-migrant women and care discourses in South KoreaPark Mi Yung and Hakyoon LeeChapter 8 Movement Control Orders or “Making confusing orders”? Discourses of confusion about lockdowns in a Malaysian news portalRichard Powell and Zarina OthmanChapter 9 Taiwan inside and out: Redefining the self during the pandemicCraig Smith and Dayton LeknerChapter 10 Linguistic and cultural challenges in Chinese translation of government COVID-19 health information in AustraliaLachlan Thomas-Walters, Suqin Qian and Delia LinChapter 11 Conclusion: Threading together discourses of disruptionClaire Maree, Ikuko Nakane and Michael C Ewing'Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19' makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis. Using diverse analytical approaches to the study of languages in societies from the Asia-Pacific region, this volume explores the struggles over national identity and manifestations of socio-political issues in the context of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter interrogates how social actors in diverse communities across the Asia-Pacific region draw on discursive resources to address communication issues, particularly in relation to minoritized groups, claims for accountability, solidarity formation, national identities, government policy announcements, translation, and the efficacy of health-related discourses. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields such as Language and Gender, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, Social Semiotics, Media Studies, Political Science, Public Health, and Asian Studies.'Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19' makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis. Using diverse analytical approaches to the study of languages in societies from the Asia-Pacific region, this volume explores the struggles over national identity and manifestations of socio-political issues in the context of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter interrogates how social actors in diverse communities across the Asia-Pacific region draw on discursive resources to address communication issues, particularly in relation to minoritized groups, claims for accountability, solidarity formation, national identities, government policy announcements, translation, and the efficacy of health-related discourses. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields such as Language and Gender, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, Social Semiotics, Media Studies, Political Science, Public Health, and Asian Studies.