围绕南海争端，中越、中菲的双边摩擦持续增加，以美国为首的域外国家也纷纷介入争议，对中国形成合围之势。虽然中国试图通过经济让利、发布白皮书等多种方式宣称自己和平解决南海争端的立场，但是成效有限。那么为何在现行国际体系存在的诸多国家间的领土争端中，南海问题受到如此关注？本文认为，国际社会关注的是，中国获取南海有争议领土领海的方式——是和平解决还是武力夺取。对于世界而言，中国解决海上争端的方式将是检验中国崛起路径选择的试金石。
The bilateral frictions between Sino-Vietnam，China and Philippines have been increasing on the disputes of South China Sea. United States，as well as some others countries outside the region，involved into this area and urged the formation of the encirclement to China. Chinese government has claimed the standpoint of the peaceful settlement of the South China Sea disputes，but the effort is limited. In the future，the South China Sea disputes would continue to be the most important factor that affecting China’s security of neighboring environment. For the world，the way that China would resolve maritime disputes is the touchstone to inspect the path selection of China’s rise.
