Today, 42 years ago, on April 7, 1983 (February 24, 1983), China ended its sporting relations with the United States over the Huna incident. On April 7, 1983, China ended its sporting relations with the United States over the Huna incident. In April 1983, Chinese women tennis player Huna, under the influence of some people in Taiwan, asked the U.S. government to grant political asylum. On April 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China filed a protest with the U.S. Embassy in China about this. On April 7, the national body generally believed that the U.S. government's move undermined the atmosphere of normal China-U.S. exchanges and decided to stop China-U.S. bilateral sporting relations in 1983.