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China and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, are likely to resume their stalled negotiations to end the 38 - year long and highly - internationalised "Tibet issue" soon, according to analysts in Beijing.

"Going by a series of positive indications from both sides over the fortnight, there is reason to believe that talks could possibly start soon to end the Tibet issue which has sullied China's name and stature as an emerging superpower," they say.

During the last one week or so, China - watchers have noted a "Significant change" in Beijing's hardline stand on the exiled Tibetan leader's return to Tibet from where he fled to India along with his associates in 1959.

The latest "positive signal" has emanated from the vice - chairman of the government of Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sun Qiwen, who said, "We are willing to accept Dalai and hope that he will return... so long as he stops activities of splitting the motherland."