Former KMT chief visits mainland ancestral home for first timeMa Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, paid respects to his ancestors in Xiangtan, Central China's Hunan province, where his family originates, on Saturday with his four sisters.

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China later this month, his office said on Sunday the first time a former or current Taiwanese leader has visited since the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island in 1949.