Tibetan independence movement

Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time on Nov. 2 after chaos broke out downtown, with police and demonstrators trading gasoline bombs and tear gas as the protest movement approached the five-month mark.

China on Sept.8 stressed Communist party control over Tibet, with a senior official denouncing the Dalai Lama at a giant ceremony condemned by rights groups.

China has sentenced a popular Tibetan singer to four years in prison for calling on Tibetans to unify and speak their language, reports said, highlighting tight cultural controls in the region.