00:00Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jou has set off on his fourth visit to China since leaving
00:05office in 2016, bringing with him a group of Taiwanese students to Fujian Province.
00:10Ma was heckled at the airport by supporters of Taiwan independence.
00:33Ma's eight years in office were marked by a warming of ties with China, but his critics
00:38accused him of being too friendly with Beijing's ruling Communist Party.
00:42The mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan's top government body dealing with China, questioned
00:46Ma's decision to attend the Straits Forum, organized by Chinese authorities at a time
00:51of heightened cross-trait tensions.
01:08Ma and the group will visit China for two weeks.
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