比如，中国与菲律宾的南海岛礁所有权争议中恃强凌弱，这使得中国在马尼拉建立的孔子学院无法赢得美誉。
With, for example, China bullying the Philippines over possession of disputed islands in the South China Sea, the Confucius Institute that China established in Manila to teach Chinese culture can win only so much goodwill.