Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, who is visiting China, will enter Beijing on the 7th, and arrangements are underway for him to meet with President Xi Jinping during his stay.
President Ma has been visiting China since the 1st of this month and is scheduled to stay in Beijing from the 7th to the 11th.
President Ma, who belongs to Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, held the first-ever China-Taiwan summit meeting with President Xi Jinping in November 2015 while in office, taking the position that ``Taiwan and mainland China both belong to one China.'' It was held in Singapore. Also, last spring, I visited China for the first time as a former president.
According to sources, arrangements are being made to meet with President Xi during his second consecutive visit to China, and there is information that the two will meet on the 10th.
Before departing from Taiwan, President Ma Mae said to the Chinese side during this visit, ``Amid tensions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, I would like to convey the true feelings of the Taiwanese people who wish for cross-strait exchanges and the avoidance of war.'' said.
On the other hand, if the meeting does take place, what President Xi will say will likely be a predictor of the Democratic Progressive Party's attitude toward the Lai Ching-toku administration, which will be inaugurated next month.
Furthermore, the Japan-U.S. summit meeting will be held in the United States on the 10th of this month, and the situation in Taiwan is expected to be a topic of discussion.If President Xi were to meet with President Ma, the aim would be to give the impression that China is making efforts to ease tensions in the region. It seems possible too.