As well as border disputes on land, China pursued maritime and island claims with Japan, and also laid claim to a great swathe of the South China Sea stretching down almost to the coast of Borneo.

• 除了陆地上的边境争端之外，中国继续对日本提出领海以及岛屿的主权要求，还声称对几乎延伸到婆罗洲海岸的南中国海的大部分区域拥有主权。