Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo China yakanga iri pasi pokukunda kweMongol Empire, nyika dzose dzechiChinese dzakatongwa nevatongi veMongol veChina. Pakuvamba muna 1292, Kublai Khan anonzi akatumira boka rokuongorora kuchamhembe kweBorneo, asati aenda ku
kupinda muJava muna 1293. Somugumisiro wokurwisa uku, kunofungidzirwa kuti vateveri vake vakawanda pamwe chete nevamwe vatengesi vokuChina pakupedzisira vakagara ndokutanga koloni yavo paRwizi Kinabatangan. Muzana remakore rechi14, Brunei yakava nyika yaitongwa naMajapahit asi muna 1370 yakatendeukira kuumambo hweMing hweChina. Maharaja Karna weBorneo ipapo akashanyira Nanjing nemhuri yake kusvikira parufu rwake. Akatsiviwa nomwanakomana wake Hsia-wang uyo akabvuma kutumira mutero kuChina kamwe pamakore matatu. Kubvira ipapo, zvikepe zveChinese zvakauya kuchamhembe kweBorneo nemitoro yezvinonhuwira, matendere eshiri, mapapiro eshumba, camphor, rattan nemaparera. Vamwe vatengesi vokuChina vakazoguma vava kugara muKinabatangan, sezvinotaurwa muzvinyorwa zveBrunei neSulu. Hanzvadzi duku yaOng Sum Ping (Huang Senping), Gavhuna wokugara kwechiChinese ipapo akaroorwa naSultan Ahmad weBrunei. Zvichida nemhaka youkama uhwu, nzvimbo yokuviga ine mabhokisi emapuranga 2.000, mamwe anofungidzirwa kuva nemakore 1.000, akawanwa muAgop Batu Tulug Caves munharaunda yeKinabatangan. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti rudzi urwu rwetsika dzemariro rwakaunzwa nevatengesi vanobva kuChina neIndochina kuchamhembe kweBorneo sezvo mabhokisi akafanana emapuranga akawanikwawo munyika idzi. Mukuwedzera nekuwanikwa kweChinese ceramics kubva muchikepe chakaputsika muTanjung Simpang Mengayau iyo inofungidzirwa kuva kubva muna 960 kusvika muna 1127 AD yeMambo weRwiyo uye Vietnamese Đông Sơn dhiramu muBukit Timbang Dayang paBanggi Island iyo yakanga iripo pakati pe2,000 ne2,500 makore apfuura.