WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested a “personal meeting” with China’s President Xi Jinping to plead a sharpening predicament in Hong Kong and warned China it contingency respond “humanely” to a protests if it wants to strike a trade deal.
Trump’s statement around Twitter marked a change in tinge in his open statements per a conditions in Hong Kong and for a initial time related a administration’s frail trade talks with Beijing to a protests. The Wednesday dusk tweets came amid flourishing regard within a administration that China would respond with troops force to a antigovernment protests that have close down Hong Kong’s vital general airfield for a past dual days.
Fears over a potentially aroused crackdown have stirred regard among lawmakers from both parties, some of whom have been undeniable in their support for a protesters.
“I know President Xi of China really well,” Trump said. “He is a good personality who really most has a honour of his people. He is also a good male in a ‘tough business.’ we have ZERO doubt that if President Xi wants to fast and humanely solve a Hong Kong problem, he can do it.” The boss concluded, “Personal meeting?”
In new weeks, a administration has sensitively urged U.S. officials to say a totalled response on Hong Kong over fears that open critique of Beijing could derail U.S.-China trade talks, dual comparison administration officials have said. Trump himself has called for a calm response to a protests to equivocate rousing tensions with Beijing, a officials said.
An stretched chronicle of this news appears on WSJ.com.
Also renouned on WSJ.com:
Once seeking $1 billion, America’s priciest inventory is scheduled for auction.
Resumes are starting to demeanour like Instagram — and infrequently even Tinder.
We Want to
Hear from You
Join a conversation
