Spreading the joy
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The mood in Hong Kong is celebratory - with a sea of red national and HKSAR flags, lanterns, and festive banners decorating streets, parks, shopping malls and residential buildings - as the special administrative region prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland in two days' time. China Daily recorded some of these memorable moments in Hong Kong's history.

- Senior CPC official visits prominent experts
- Probe reveals woman flashed husband's credentials to bully motorist
- Storms claim five lives in Guangdong
- Dragon boat race sets stage for two months of cultural celebrations in Hainan
- 5 dead after being swept away in wild area of South China's Guangdong
- Yunnan's Gongshan plum yews: from adversity to thriving