Forget the 'farce' bluster, China received the tribunal ruling it dreaded

China dismissed the Hague tribunal that was to rule on its claim to about 90 per cent of the South China Sea as a farce, something to be ignored. And yet, it could not. China's diplomacy and propaganda machines have been in overdrive for months to avoid the very ruling the tribunal issued Tuesday.

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