Demand for so-called direct-issue licences has surged since motorists from neighbouring Guangdong province have been allowed to drive across the border and on Hong Kong roads.

China pledged to preserve much of what makes Hong Kong unique when the former British colony was handed over in 1997. Beijing said it would give Hong Kong fifty years to keep its capitalist system and ...

The daughter of Jimmy Lai tells the BBC that her father's health is deteriorating in prison. Lai, who is facing life in prison, always said he owed Hong Kong, a city that had given him "everything".