Following China 's violent suppression of political protests in June 1989 , the US and other governments enacted a number of measures against China 's violation of human rights . The US suspended high-level official exchanges with the PRC and weapons exports from the US to the PRC . The US also imposed a number of economic sanctions . In the summer of 1990 , at the G7 Houston summit , the West called for renewed political and economic reforms in mainland China , particularly in the field of human rights
Houston summit
16th G7 summit
China–United States relations