A dispute inside Taiwan's KMT over travel money has spilled into public view, embarrassing the party while its China trip reimbursement is still frozen.

• KMT chair Cheng Li-wun's delegations to China and the US both asked the government-linked Taiwan Foundation for Democracy to cover costs, together running to millions of Taiwan dollars.
• The China trip money has not been paid out, because the foundation is checking whether the visit breached its rule against funding unification-or-independence activity, and its board must rule on it.
• KMT lawmaker Weng Hsiao-ling was told there was no budget left for her own planned trip to Germany with six colleagues, and reportedly asked the party to hand over the receipts from Cheng's two trips.
• Weng publicly denied being upset and denied demanding receipts, saying her trip fell through mainly because the legislature ran long.
• Lawmakers' own annual travel allowances are capped and hers was already spent, which is why she went looking for outside funding.

Outlook: The foundation's board decision on the China trip will decide whether the KMT gets reimbursed and will keep the party's Beijing outreach under political scrutiny.