This paper investigates the variability of the summer (May–September) South Asian High (SAH) for the period 1979–2012. Results show that the intensity and the area of the summer SAH decreased around 2002 at the decadal scale; and the East Asian westerly jet suppressed at the north edge of the SAH, which is consistent with the SAH variation. The precipitation pattern over eastern China also shifted during the same periods, with increased rainfall in the Huang-Huai River region and South China and decreased rainfall in the Yangtze River region. The rela-tionship between the two variations is evidently strength-ened via changes in moisture flux.