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Irene and Francis Lau, along with their three-year-old son Freddie, have gone to Beijing, China to visit family for Chinese New Year. They haven't been outside for the last three days as most places are closed. Now, they are awaiting their flight back to the UK but have been told that British Airways flights ‘could be cancelled up two hours before they fly’. Irene is twenty-one weeks’ pregnant and worries she could get sick.
The number of cases of deadly outbreak is on the increase.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a grand gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the National Day. He also delivered a speech at the event, which was followed by one of the largest parades Beijing has seen, while protestors in Hong Kong were shackled.
Beijing and the Chinese army have issued stern warnings about the unrest in Hong Kong, where campaigners are demonstrating for the ninth weekend in a row.
Forty-five people were injured by men in white t-shirts armed with baseball bats at Yuen Long station, with one in critical condition.
The developments come amid deteriorating relations between Beijing and London.
The demonstration was the latest against the government's controversial extradition bill.
It comes after former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig was detained in Beijing on Monday.
The mystery so far explained.
An explosion near the US embassy in central China has crowds gathering, yet people still queuing to get their Visa applications in.