Cross-strait relations were relatively relaxed during Ma Ying-jeou's presidency.
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history
In November 2015, Ma met Xi Jinping in Singapore — the first meeting between leaders of the PRC and the ROC since the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949.
culture
Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Taipei, Ma earned a J.S.D. from Harvard Law School; his clean-cut image and English fluency made him a KMT poster-boy in the 2000s.
