gathered in many lead to mark the 5th anniversary of a court ruling against china's territorial claims. jemina lean dog and reports. now from manila, the marching in defiance and making a statement in front of the chinese embassy in manila. these activists want to remind aging of what happened 5 years ago when it last in legal battle on the world stage. in 2012, the scarborough rashaw was forcibly seized by the chinese military prompting. then president ben ignore kino to file a keys at the international court in the hague. 4 years later, the tribe you know, and validate the china, so called historical 9 dash gleam of most of the south china sea. a smaller country standing up to a superpower, was seen as unprecedented. as long as nations abide by the rule of law and not of military mind, the award is a north star through keep us on the course in the present. and that will point us back to the right direction in the future. should we in a moment of weakness or inaction, lose our weight. but the legal victory had little impact on china's behavior. in the past few years, china even increased its