19 October 2015 Last updated at 23:58 BST
Three years ago, China froze all high-level contact with the UK when Prime Minister David Cameron met the Dalai Lama, the Spiritual leader of Tibet.
But relations between the two countries thawed significantly after Mr Cameron said he had no plans to meet him again.
Now, with President Xi Jinping in the UK for a state visit, what do people in Tibet make of Britain’s strengthening ties with China?
Beijing correspondent John Sudworth reports from Aba.
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