Honestly, guys, you seem to have a very condescending view towards small countries. Like you think national pride is equal to a country's size, ergo only China has a right to want to do things its own way and small countries should be used to following orders from bigger ones. You might find it hard to understand, but sometimes small nations get irritated by being bossed around by bigger ones.
No, I don't disrespect small nations. Don't try to put words in my mouth. I just state the detriment and consequences of such actions. As a matter of fact, many small nations have achieved greatness that put large nations to shame. For example, the United Kingdoms was once a small nation but was able to conquer 1/4 of the world. Although tragically it and its colonies are responsible for genocides and massacres of American natives, Australia natives, African natives, Indians, and New Zealand natives and being the biggest drug kingpin ever. However, it doesn't decimate the greatness and influential a small nation can achieve. Even though today UK is no longer an empire but its influence through culture and English language can be seemed as a sign that a small nation should still be respected.
On the other hand, some small nations which have blood on their hands love to lecture others countries and interfere with other nation internal affair. These nations try to claim moral high ground when they don't have any. They display double standard. McCarthyism and red scare are justified and legitimated by claiming other country tried to interfere with their internal affair but at the same time poking nose in other country internal affair. They disrespect other countries but expect other countries to respect them. When they poke a nose of other country for no reason and was told that there is a consequence, this small nation get irritated and claimed you can't bully me.
At the end of the day, these small nations would rally around the biggest bully and keep poking their nose in other people business and they will help the big bully beating up anyone that disrespect the big bully and they will help the big bully to bully small little guys and they will keep repeating we are the good guys.