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Singapore: Fire at Industrial Building Causes Injury, Evacuations

A fire broke out at a three-storey industrial building in Tampines, Singapore on May 9, sending dark plumes of smoke and ash into the sky, injuring one person and prompting evacuations from nearby workplaces and a school.

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Confucius Peace Prize ceremony

BEIJING, China - A girl holds the trophy of the Confucius Peace Prize, established by a Chinese private group as a Chinese version of the Nobel Peace Prize, during a ceremony in Beijing on Dec. 9, 2010, on behalf of the absent winner, former Taiwan Vice President Lien Chan.

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China, Taiwan start direct air, shipping, postal services

TIANJIN, China - Lien Chan (3rd from L), former chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, attends a freighter send-off ceremony at China's Tianjin Port on Dec. 15. Taiwan and China launched direct air and sea cargo as well as postal links, lifting a 60-year ban on such links amid a dramatic easing of tensions between the historic rivals.

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Hu meets Taiwan ex-opposition leader Lien

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Lien Chan, former head of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 16. (Pool photo)

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Hu meets Taiwan ex-opposition leader Lien

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Lien Chan, former head of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 16. (Pool photo)

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China's President Hu Jintao talks with Taiwan's Lien Chan

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, sit for a group photo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April prior to their talks.

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China's President Hu Jintao talks with Taiwan's Lien Chan

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party leave a group photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to begin their talks.

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Taiwan's Lien Chan speaks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, delivers a speech at the Cross-Straits Economic and Trade Forum in Beijing on April 14.

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), makes a statement on arrival at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links.

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife arrive at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links.

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Taiwan KMT's Lien meets China's top cross-strait negotiator

SHANGHAI, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and Wang Daohan, China's top cross-strait negotiator, pose for photos prior to their talks in Shanghai on May 2. (Pool photo)

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(2)China's Hu, Taiwan's Lien meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, and Chinese President and Communist Party head Hu Jintao extend their hands to shake as they meet at the Great Hall of the People on April 29.

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China's Hu, Taiwan's Lien meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), head of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, and Chinese President and Communist Party head Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29 prior to their talks. The meeting is the first formal contact between the two parties' leaders since the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan after a civil war that ended in 1949.

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(3)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting Hu

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), meets Jia Qinglin, the fourth-ranked leader in the China's Communist Party hierarchy, in Beijing on April 28. (Pool photo)

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(2)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting with Hu

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan waves to schoolchildren upon arrival in Beijing on April 28 for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

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(1)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting with Hu

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan (L) waves as he arrives in Beijing with his wife Fang Yu on April 28 for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

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(2)KMT's Lien visits Sun Yat-sen's tomb in Nanjing

NANJING, China - A local man holds up a banner calling for the revival of the Republic of China as Lien Chan, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), visits the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing on April 27. Sun established the Republic of China in 1912, the first democracy in Asia, after a revolution that overthrew the imperial Qing Dynasty.

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(1)KMT's Lien visits Sun Yat-sen's tomb in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Lien Chan, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife Fang Yu wave to well-wishers after visiting the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, a national hero adored by both the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party, in Nanjing on April 27.

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(1)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan speaks on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China, the party's civil war rival for control of the mainland before 1949.

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(4)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan (R) is greeted by Chen Yunlin of the Chinese Communist Party's central leading group for Taiwan affairs on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China.

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(2)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan and his wife wave at well-wishers on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China which Chinese media called a ''journey of peace.''

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(3)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan waves at well-wishers on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China.

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(1)Taiwan's opposition wins parliamentary majority

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Lien Chan, chairman of the Nationalist Party (KMT) of Taiwan, claims victory with opposition parties in parliamentary polls at the KMT head office in Taipei on Dec. 11. KMT and its allies won a combined 114 seats in the 225-seat Legislative Yuan to maintain control of the unicameral chamber against 101 seats won by President Chen Shui-bian's pro-independence alliance.

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(3)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan joins others to sing a song blaming Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 24.

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(2)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - An exhausted supporter of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan sleeps during a rally in Taipei on March 24 to demand a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said the previous day he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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(1)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan continue their rally in Taipei on March 24, calling for a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said the previous day he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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Taiwan's Chen pushes for recount to solve election row

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan continue their rally in Taiepi on March 23, calling a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, making his first public appearance earlier in the day after the election, said he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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Lien supporters continue protests against election results

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A woman holding a sleeping child joins a protest rally in support of Taiwan's Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 23, three days after the March 20 presidential election. Protestors called for a recount after President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party won a razor-thin victory in the race.

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(2)Lien supporters continue protests over election results

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Taiwan's Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan waves a flag from his tent in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 23, three days after the presidential election. He is among protestors calling for a recount after President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party won a razor-thin victory.

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(1)Lien Chan's supporters continue protest over election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Taiwan's Nationalist Party continue rallying in front of the presidential palace in Taipei on March 22 to protest at the ''unfair'' presidential election, in which Nationalist leader Lien Chan was defeated by a narrow margin by President Chen Shui-bian.

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(2)Lien Chan's supporters continue protest over election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of defeated presidential contender Lien Chan of the Nationalist Party continue their sits-in in front of the presidential palace in Taipei on March 22 to protest at the ''unfair'' election on March 20.

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(2)Lien calls for recount in presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan rally in front of Taiwan's high court in Taipei on March 21 to demand a recount of votes in the presidential election.

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(3)Lien calls for recount in presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Riot police (L) face supporters of defeated presidential contender Lien Chan in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei on March 21. Lien's supporters are demanding a recount of votes in the presidential election.

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(1)Lien calls for recount in presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan stages a sit-in at his campaign headquarters in Taipei on March 21 to demand a recount of votes cast in the presidential election, in which he was narrowly defeated by incumbent President Chen Shui-bian.

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(1)Chen reelected Taiwan president

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks to his supporters at the Democratic Progressive Party headquarters in Taipei on March 20 after narrowly defeating Nationalist Party challenger Lien Chan on Saturday to win a second term in office. At left is Vice President Annette Lu.

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(1)Taiwan's president shot

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Lien Chan is surrounded by reporters outside the party headquarters in Taipei on March 19 after President Chen Shui-bian was shot while campaigning on the eve of the presidential election.

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), makes a statement on arrival at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife arrive at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan KMT's Lien meets China's top cross-strait negotiator

SHANGHAI, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and Wang Daohan, China's top cross-strait negotiator, pose for photos prior to their talks in Shanghai on May 2. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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China's Hu, Taiwan's Lien meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), head of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, and Chinese President and Communist Party head Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29 prior to their talks. The meeting is the first formal contact between the two parties' leaders since the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan after a civil war that ended in 1949. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwanese KMT leader Lien meets with Chinese President Hu

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), former chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on April 29. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Taiwan Nationalist leader Lien Chan visits China

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), honorary chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, meets with Jia Xinglin, president of China's National Political Consultation Conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 28. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)China's Hu, Taiwan's Lien meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, and Chinese President and Communist Party head Hu Jintao extend their hands to shake as they meet at the Great Hall of the People on April 29. (Kyodo)

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(3)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting Hu

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), meets Jia Qinglin, the fourth-ranked leader in the China's Communist Party hierarchy, in Beijing on April 28. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(1)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting with Hu

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan (L) waves as he arrives in Beijing with his wife Fang Yu on April 28 for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. (Kyodo)

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(2)KMT's Lien arrives in Beijing ahead of meeting with Hu

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan waves to schoolchildren upon arrival in Beijing on April 28 for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. (Kyodo)

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(2)KMT's Lien visits Sun Yat-sen's tomb in Nanjing

NANJING, China - A local man holds up a banner calling for the revival of the Republic of China as Lien Chan, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), visits the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing on April 27. Sun established the Republic of China in 1912, the first democracy in Asia, after a revolution that overthrew the imperial Qing Dynasty. (Kyodo)

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(1)KMT's Lien visits Sun Yat-sen's tomb in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Lien Chan, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife Fang Yu wave to well-wishers after visiting the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, a national hero adored by both the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party, in Nanjing on April 27. (Kyodo)

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(3)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan waves at well-wishers on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China. (Kyodo)

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(2)KMT's Lien begins historic visit to China

NANJING, China - Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan and his wife wave at well-wishers on arrival at Nanjing airport on April 26 to begin an eight-day visit to China which Chinese media called a ''journey of peace.'' (Kyodo)