BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Tibet meeting hints at China thaw
Senior Chinese officials have held talks with representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

Senior Chinese officials have held talks with representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

There seems to be a new willingness in Beijing to explore the renewal of formal contacts with the Dalai Lama, which were severed in 1993.