James Patterson

The United States and Australia have issued travel alerts as Hong Kong deals with its worst crisis since 1997 when the former British colony was handed over to Chinese control.

Ronald Cardema, a supporter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has been disqualified from a seat in the Philippine Congress.

This is similar to earlier passages that were confirmed by Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who said Chinese warships have been passing through territorial waters claimed by the Philippines since February.

A spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council warned that the "radical protests ... have severely impacted Hong Kong's prosperity and stability" and were "pushing it into a dangerous abyss."

The true winner of this dispute might well be whoever ends up supplying ROK the goods formerly supplied by Japan.

Before the flag incidents, the protesters may have been garnering some sympathy among Hong Kongers and even some Chinese but that seems to have morphed into some disdain.

Skeptics of the deals say the Chinese simply want to control what are strategic military locations.

The latest in a series of stamps feature Trump and Kim standing in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea during the U.S. president’s “spontaneous meeting” with Kim Jong-un earlier this year.

About 200 flights were cancelled and one of the Hong Kong airport's two runways were shut down due to aviation workers leaving their jobs to join the protests according to some reports.

Duterte's order is directed at the New Peoples Army who are suspected in the torture and killing of four intelligence police officers in Ayungon town, Negros Oriental province.

Japanese troops and U.S. Marines along with Australian troops joined forces in a military exercise called Exercise Talisman Sabre (or Saber), an event held every two years in Australia. For the first time, Japan joined the exercises with a new amphibious brigade that was showcased with two beach landings and other activities between the three allies.

The fear of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) Hong Kong garrison being called in to put an end to recent unrest rose after its leader Chen Daoxiang, warned that the violence would not be tolerated and that the PLA was determined to preserve China’s sovereignty.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard is reporting that on Wednesday evening, an unidentified Chinese warship struck a Taiwanese freighter, the Kaohsiung-registered bulk carrier the Yutai No. 1 in the Taiwan Strait.

The Chinese government has targeted the star and crescent moon symbol and the word “halal” displayed at many of the estimated 1,000 restaurants and halal stores in Beijing’s Muslim quarter and other neighborhoods.

The Chinese have incorporated several improvements into the Type 001A carrier.

Philippines officials think the Chinese might be trying to thwart supply vessels from reaching Kalayaan and Ayungin Shoal, a submerged feature in the Pag-asa chain where a Philippine garrison is stationed.

Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese President Xi Jinping's statements on promoting peace in South China Sea do “not match what they are doing on the ground."

Protests in Hong Kong flared up Tuesday after 40 to 50 people were arrested on rioting charges from Sunday’s protests.

South Korea has plans to send a naval unit to the Middle East in order to bolster U.S. led efforts to guard oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a South Korean newspaper report Monday.

As the violence has escalated, the Hong Kong Police Force and Lam’s government have come under fire from both the protesters and the Chinese mainland.

The long-term consequences of Duterte’s actions concerning the PCSO’s medical assistance programs and financial aid to the poor is unknown.

Beijing refers to Taiwan as “the most important and sensitive issue in China-U.S. relations” and has recently held “encirclement exercises,” sending its lone operating aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait.

Rioting in Hong Kong has intensified over the weekend as the Hong Kong Police Force used rubber-coated bullets and tear gas on thousands of protesters massed at the Chinese government's Liaison office in western Hong Kong.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wants the Philippine Coast Guard to patrol around the Batanes island group and upgrade the two runways on the islands as a rapacious China targets islands in the South China Sea.

The warning from the civil servants has steeped pressure on the Hong Kong administration which has so far failed to deal effectively with the protests.

Chinese warships have been transiting through the Sibutu Straight that separates the southernmost Philippine islands of Palawan and Tawi-Tawi from Indonesia without informing the Philippines government.

The Russian embassy in Pyongyang reported that all crew members are in good health and that steps to clarify what happened are ongoing.

Any mention of the PLA deployment against Hong Kong's protesters evokes images of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests where troops fired at a massive crowd of pro-democracy student protesters in Beijing.

The timing of the missile launch by North Korea is raising some eyebrows in South Korea and the U.S..