From BBC News:
China appears to have reversed its long-held policy of refusing to give visas to Indians from the disputed Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
It has now allowed a professor from the state – in the north-east of the country – to visit China.
Beijing has over much of the last four decades been claiming Arunachal Pradesh as its own territory.
During the 1962 war with India, Chinese troops overran large parts of the state, before withdrawing to Tibet. [Full Text]