Trump suggests personal meeting with Chinese president over Hong Kong problem

US President Donald Trump has suggested a personal meeting with China's President Xi Jinping to discuss the political crisis in Hong Kong.

“I know President Xi of China very well. He is a great leader who very much has the respect of his people. He is also a good man in a “tough business.” I have ZERO doubt that if President Xi wants to quickly and humanely solve the Hong Kong problem, he can do it,” Trump has tweeted.

“Personal meeting?” – the US president asks in his post.

Earlier, the US president's national security advisor, John Bolton, warned China on Wednesday to tread "carefully" in Hong Kong "because people in America remember Tiananmen Square". A repeat of the military crackdown on the 1989 student-led protests in China would be a "big mistake", he told news outlet Voice of America.