So what happens next -- apart from endless haggling about the conclusions? Beijing and Manila must talk -- in a manner that Beijing saves face; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should step up its game and act as a mediator. That does not mean China will cease to create "facts on the sea" -- as in most of the South China Sea. After all, they've got the (military) power. With or without a "nine-dash line." And be it over islands, reefs, "low-tide elevations" or a bunch of rocks.
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