There are some meetings where you would just love to be a fly on the wall.
And Monday was one of them as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai.
It was their first face-to-face since the pro-democracy movement erupted in Hong Kong some 150 days ago.
For more on this and other news around the world, let's turn to our Kim Da-mi.
Da-mi, do we know what Lam and Xi had to say to each other?
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.
China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday that the two leaders met face-to-face in Shanghai on that day.
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.
The Chinese president also said Hong Kong's top priority should be on clamping down on the violence and chaos and restoring order.
Lam is also scheduled to meet with Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng in Beijing on Wednesday.
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.
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.
In fact, China pledged last week to tighten control over Hong Kong and Macau, particularly when it comes to national security issues.
More than 3-thousand Hong Kong citizens have been arrested since the beginning of the protests in early June.