11.   Relations have grown tense over the appointment of the Panchen Lama, to which both the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government claim the exclusive right.

12.   Relations grow warmer.

13.   Restrictions on believers have fallen away and church-state relations have grown steadily warmer, capped by the papal visit.

14.   Relations have grown more prickly in recent years.

15.   Relations grew tense again recently over allegations that smugglers operate from the colony.

16.   Relations have grown tense over the appointment of the Panchen Lama, which both the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government claim the exclusive right to make.

17.   Sino-U.S. relations have grown tense since the White House allowed the president of rival Taiwan to visit last month.

18.   Their relations have been growing increasingly strained as the election approaches.

19.   Their relations have been growing more strained as the spring election approaches.

20.   U.S.-Russian relations grew tense over the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia, which Moscow vehemently opposed.