What Taiwan ex-president Ma Ying-jeou’s historic trip to China is all about

What Taiwan ex-president Ma’s historic trip to China is all about

BEIJING – Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou will make history when he sets foot in China next week – a trip that is as much about the past as it is about the future of the self-ruled democratic island that Beijing claims as its

own.amid simmering tensions, but he will not travel to Beijing, ostensibly to prevent pro-independence nationalists from politicising his trip.Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month

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