One reason for this turnaround is that many in the Philippines have felt somewhat abandoned by the US in their confrontation with China. With China increasingly asserting claims to territories in the South and East China Seas, other Asian countries may also find the burden of history to be too great an impediment to their future prospects.
发生如此转变的一个原因是，许多菲律宾人感到在与中国的对峙中，他们一定程度上遭到了美国的抛弃。随着中国对南海和东海的领土主张日益强硬，其他亚洲国家也会发现让历史包袱妨碍未来前景得不偿失。