China

KONFRONTASI- Kementerian Luar Negeri China menuduh kapal perang USS Lassen secara ilegal memasuki kawasan perairan di kawasan terumbu karang Subi. "Manuver ini merupakan provokasi secara sengaja".

Kemenlu di Beijing juga langsung memanggil Duta Besar AS untuk China Max Baucus guna meminta penjelasan. Akibat peristiwa patroli kapal perang AS di kawasan Kepulauan Spratly itu, hubungan antara China dan AS kini menjadi tegang.

KONFRONTASI -  China memutuskan untuk mengkahiri larangan bagi setiap rumah tangga memiliki seorang anak. Keputusan untuk mengakhiri larangan berusia tiga dekade itu disampaikan kantor berita Xinhua, kemarin (Kamis, 29/10).

KONFRONTASI - A US warship has sailed near one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea, a move considered to be a potential challenge to Beijing’s claim to the disputed waters.

The US Navy sent its USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, within 12 nautical miles of the island on Tuesday, said a US military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"The operation has begun ... It will be complete within a few hours," the official added.

KONFRONTASI-Dua diplomat Cina ditembak mati dan seorang lainnya mengalami luka-luka dalam insiden di sebuah restoran di kota Cebu, Filipina.

Mereka yang ditembak mati adalah wakil konsul jenderal dan seorang diplomat di bagian ekonomi. Adapun yang mengalami luka-luka adalah Konjen Song Ronghua.

Menurut Kepala Kepolisian Cebu, Prudencio Tom Banas, Song Ronghua sedang menjalani perawatan di rumah sakit dan kondisinya stabil setelah peluru menembus lehernya.

KONFRONTASI - The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to UK has been overshadowed by concerns about China’s growing investment in key sectors of the British economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip aims to cement deals giving Britain a vast new pool of investment and China greater access to European markets. But as the Chinese leader was welcomed as an honored guest at Buckingham Palace and the UK Parliament, critics warned that Britain was taking a risk by courting Beijing so aggressively.

KONFRONTASI-Hundreds of protesters rioted in southern China after weekend demonstrations against a project to build a trash incinerator turned violent, with city government officials saying they had to detain 11 people to restore order.

Decades of breakneck economic growth have led to severe environmental damage in many parts of China, where choking smog often angers increasingly educated and affluent city-dwellers.

KONFRONTASI-China said it wants to strengthen ties with North Korea, its isolated neighbor under U.N. sanctions for its nuclear weapons program, which is due to hold a massive military parade in the capital on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party.

Foreign journalists have been invited to Pyongyang this week to cover the anniversary events, and on Saturday troop carriers could be seen lined up in the city, with the parade expected to take place later in the afternoon.

KONFRONTASI-Langkah tiga bank badan usaha milik negara (BUMN) yang berutang ke Bank Pembangunan China atau China Development Bank (CDB) sebesar 3 miliar dollar Amerika Serikat menuai kritik dari Ketua Komisi VI DPR RI Hafisz Thohir. Ketiga bank tersebut ialah Bank Negara Indonesia ( BNI), Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), dan Bank Mandiri.

"Jokowi jangan gadaikan Indonesia, jangan gadaikan rakyat ini. Sebanyak 208 juta rakyat tidak semua memilih Jokowi," kata Hafisz di Kompleks Parlemen, Senayan, Jakarta, Rabu (30/9/2015).

KONFRONTASI-Chinese police have arrested a man in connection with a series of package bombs set off at public buildings that killed at least seven people and injured another 51 in southern China's Guangxi province.

The bombs were detonated between 1:15pm and 5:00pm local time in the city of Liuzhou on Wednesday, state media reports said. 

The official Xinhua news agency said police had determined the blasts were a "criminal" act and identified the suspect as a 33-year-old local man surnamed Wei, but added the investigation was continuing.