Many world leaders sign up to the lucrative international speaking circuit after leaving office but Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou may struggle to join them after his first overseas engagement since relinquishing power was blocked by his successor.
The office of new president Tsai Ing-wen revealed on Sunday that it had refused Mr Ma permission to travel to Hong Kong to give a speech on cross-strait relations because of concerns about security in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Senior officials in Taiwan must get approval for overseas travel for three years after they have left office, according to regulations in the self-governing island, which Beijing claims as a province of China.
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