My husband and I moved to Hong Kong in January 2019. He is British but grew up in Hong Kong and for him, it has always felt like home. I quickly fell in love with this hectic, magical, melting pot of cultures here but what I didn’t see was the unrest bubbling just beneath the surface.

Time for a brief historical interlude: Hong Kong was under British colonial rule until July 1997 when it was ‘handed back’ to Mainland China. Negotiations concluded in the ‘one country, two systems’ policy which instates that whilst Hong Kong would technically fall under China’s dominion, it (and neighbouring Macau) would become ‘Special Administrative Regions’ ruled by their own governments, retaining their own economic and administrative systems.

However, there was a 50-year expiry date built into the deal. In 2047, this promise of autonomy no longer stands, and Hong Kong’s fate will be in the hands of Beijing.

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s going on in Hong Kong right now