Trump warns Tiananmen-style Hong Kong crackdown would harm trade deal

Donald Trump has warned China that carrying out a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy protests would harm trade talks between the two countries, in comments that followed a huge, defiant march through the streets of the global finance hub.

The American president cautioned that any violent effort by China to quell the unprecedented protests would damage trade negotiations. The trade dispute between the US and China has been blamed for setting world financial markets on edge amid signs of a possible global economic slowdown. State media has broadcast images of military personnel and armoured personnel carriers in Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, propaganda read across Hong Kong as intimidation.

But many Hong Kongers feel those freedoms are being hacked away, especially since China’s hardline president Xi Jinping came to power. “China is much stronger and more mature, and its ability to manage complex situations has been greatly enhanced,” the newspaper wrote in an editorial.

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