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. (China has opened some 500 such institutes in more than 100 countries.)
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。（中国在100多个国家开设了大约500家孔子学院。）中国外交政策的后果在去年的越南反华骚乱中可见一斑。这场骚乱因为中国在中越争议水域钻井开采石油引起。