Taipei - Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian, under suspicion of abandoning his p

Taipei  - A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his fiance crawled into a morgue freezer to commit suicide beside her body, local media reported Tuesday.

Beijing  - Taiwan's ruling party chief Wu Poh-hsiung described Taiwan as belonging to the Chinese nation and the two "closely tied by blood," during his visit to Nanjing Tuesday, the official Xinhu

Taipei - Taiwan, in its highest contact with China since 1949, on Monday sent its ruling party chief to China to discuss President Ma Ting-jeou's peace plans with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Taipei - Taiwan on Saturday denied promising Paraguay's incoming government a donation of 71 million US dollars, saying it is Paraguay's request and Taipei has not approved it yet.

"Paraguay's incoming government has expressed the wish (for the donation) to our embassy, but we have only made preliminary contacts with Paraguay's incoming government and have not discussed details of cooperation projects yet," Foreign Ministry's acting spokeswoman Phoebe Yeh said.

"Paraguay is Taiwan's sole diplomatic ally in South America and we have had diplomatic ties for 51 years. Our cooperation projects with Paraguay are proceeding well and on schedule," she told reporters.