On Friday, China appeared to bend to international pressure as the government announced it would meet with envoys of the Dalai Lama, an unexpected change of course as violent Tibetan demonstrations in western China have threatened to hurt the country’s reputation over the Beijing Olympics in August.

The New York Times reports that, “China’s announcement, made through the country’s official news agency, provided few details about the shape or substance of the talks but said the new discussions would commence ‘in the coming days.’ The breakthrough comes as Chinese officials have pivoted this week and moved to tamp down the domestic nationalist anger unleashed by the Tibetan crisis and by the protests at the Olympic torch relay.

An unidentified Chinese official told Xinhua, the official news agency, that the Dalai side has made repeated requests for resuming talks. Hence, China’s central government “will have contact and consultation with Dalai’s representative in the coming days.”

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