TAIPEI: Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou headed to China on Wednesday (Dec 18) for a trip he said was aimed at building "a bridge for peace", after Beijing last week intensified military drills around the island. Ma, who belongs to the Beijing-friendly main opposition party Kuomintang, was president of the democratic island from 2008 to 2016. He oversaw warmer relations between Taiwan and China which culminated in a 2015 summit between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping - a rare