There are some meetings where you would just love to be a fly on the wall.<br />And Monday was one of them as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai.<br />It was their first face-to-face since the pro-democracy movement erupted in Hong Kong some 150 days ago.<br />For more on this and other news around the world, let's turn to our Kim Da-mi.<br />Da-mi, do we know what Lam and Xi had to say to each other?<br />Connyoung, Chinese leader Xi Jinping once again backed the Hong Kong leader, expressing his "high trust" in her and "fully affirming" her hard work to restore order in Hong Kong.<br />China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday that the two leaders met face-to-face in Shanghai on that day.<br />In the first formal sit-down between the two leaders since June, Xi reiterated to Lam that she has Beijing's trust in terms of the work that still needs to be carried out.<br />The Chinese president also said Hong Kong's top priority should be on clamping down on the violence and chaos and restoring order.<br />Lam is also scheduled to meet with Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng in Beijing on Wednesday.<br />The rounds of meetings with senior Chinese officials are seen as President Xi's way to show his backing for Lam amid the escalating tensions.<br />Another indisputable factor now is that the Chinese-ruled city will soon invoke and enforce much stronger policies to crack down the pro-democracy movements.<br />In fact, China pledged last week to tighten control over Hong Kong and Macau, particularly when it comes to national security issues.<br />More than 3-thousand Hong Kong citizens have been arrested since the beginning of the protests in early June.<br />
