Ma willing to meet with leaders during China visit.

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China from March 27 to April 7, becoming the first former or current Taiwanese president to visit China since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949. The trip comes at a time of heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei as China keeps up military and political pressure to try and get democratic Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty. The trip is mostly about student exchanges and to pay respects to the graves of Ma's ancestors in China.