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They already tried other means (intl. arbitration) and China effectively told the Philippines and the tribunal to get bent.
If China didn’t want military escalation, they should’ve participated in the arbitration proceedings in 2013 and followed whatever ruling was handed down.
So I take it that’s why it’s Allemagne?