Likewise, a standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea led to protests in Manila. And a long planned step forward in cooperation between South Korea and Japan was torpedoed when the South Korean president visited the barren island that Korea calls Dokdo, Japan calls Takeshima, and the United States calls the Liancourt Rocks.
同样，中菲船只在南海斯卡伯勒礁（黄岩岛）的对峙引发了马尼拉的抗议风潮。韩国总统对韩国称为独岛、日本称为竹岛、而美国称为利扬库尔岩的荒芜岛礁的访问粉碎了韩日深化合作的希望。