Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Visits China, Expected to Meet Xi Jinping Amid Cross-Strait Tensions
• Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou left for an 11-day trip to China, expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week • This would be the second time Ma meets Xi, after a 2015 summit in Singapore shortly before Tsai Ing-wen won Taiwan's presidential election • Ma arrived in Shenzhen, met with China's Taiwan Affairs Office head, and visited major Chinese companies like DJI and Tencent • Sources say Ma is likely to meet Xi in Beijing next Monday in what he calls "a trip of peace as well as friendship" • The meeting comes amid tensions across the Taiwan Strait, as China ramps up pressure on Taiwan which it claims as its own territory