Nowhere is this more apparent than in his willingness to stand up to China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. Indeed, the Philippines is challenging China’s claims in the International Court of Arbitration, using provisions from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
阿基诺三世的外交政策也带有同样的决心。最能说明这一点的莫过于他坚定抵制中国在南海的领土助长。事实上，菲律宾正在援引联合国海洋法公约（Convention on the Law of the Sea）向国际仲裁法院起诉中国。