{"id":37277,"date":"2026-07-27T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37277"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:42:00","slug":"the-south-china-sea-consensus-no-asean-chair-can-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37277","title":{"rendered":"The South China Sea consensus no ASEAN chair can move"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ASEAN-AMM-Philippines-July-2026.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Philippines came into the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship with the strongest possible hand on the South China Sea. It held the pen on the communique. It had built new domestic legal infrastructure and secured bilateral partner commitments. 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