Tsai Ing-wen plans to visit allies in Central America at the end of the month, making two unofficial stops in the US.
Ma Ying-jeou will become the first former or current leader of Taiwan to visit China since 1949.
A government spokesperson says the visit will focus on semiconductors and not the island’s sovereignty.
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Diplomatic ties with Taiwan have become a flashpoint in Central America, where Beijing is looking to deepen links.
The soldier disappeared last week from the front-line island of Kinmen before being discovered in China.
Caught in the middle of rising cross-strait tensions, there are few Chinese students left on the self-ruled island.
Most powerful president since Mao Zedong tells annual parliamentary meeting economy and security are indivisible.
Could an upcoming court case leave a mark on the Fox network? Plus, Taiwan’s political satirists – taking digs at China.
China’s Xi Jinping faces severe economic challenges and growing tension with the United States as his third term begins.
It has become easier for Taiwanese officials to meet US politicians, even though such meetings upset Beijing.
Defence minister says Taiwan prepared to ‘fire the first shot’ if Chinese forces enter its territorial space.
Seventeen Chinese J-10 combat planes and four advanced Shenyang J-16 fighters entered Taiwan’s air defence zone.
A total of 25 Chinese warplanes and three warships were monitored operating off the Taiwanese coast.
