So, they've fallen out just because of tourists and a TV show?
Not really. This falling out might actually be a sign of bigger underlying issues.
The Dalai Lama - the Tibetan spiritual leader who Beijing sees as a separatist threat - visited Sweden earlier this month.
Chinese state media however, has denied that the feud has anything to do with the Dalai Lama.
Image copyright: GETTY IMAGESGui Minhai's imprisonment has been an ongoing issue of contention. He is pictured on the right.
And there's also the ongoing issue of Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen and bookseller based in Hong Kong who was seized by Chinese authorities in January while travelling to Beijing on a train from Ningbo in eastern China.
He was with two Swedish diplomats and was said to have been on his way to see a Swedish specialist doctor. Chinese state media, however, accused Sweden of trying to spirit him out of China.
According to Viking Bohman, an analyst at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the most "plausible explanation" for the breakdown in relations is Gui Minhai.
"I think as long as Gui Minhai is in captivity in China this will be a big point of friction… If calls for the release of Gui continue to grow in Sweden, and if China won't budge, the relationship is likely to suffer."
Reporting by the BBC's Yvette Tanhttps://www.bbc.com/Linkback:
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