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Has a stranger ever asked you for your used High Speed Rail (HSR) ticket after you exit the station? Last year, the Liberty Times (Taipei Times’ sister paper) reported that two people were stopping passengers at the gates and requesting their stubs. A passenger noticed that they already had their hands on several. It’s possible that these folks were HSR enthusiasts, but it’s more likely that they were looking to make a quick buck. E-commerce platforms such as Shopee, Yahoo Auctions and Ruten are teeming with such items with specific dates, destinations and ticket types, with prices ran...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) sparked a controversy for allegedly pressuring a police officer not to give her a parking ticket. On Tuesday last week, she and her husband parked their vehicle in a no parking zone in a lane along Guangfu S Road in the capital before going into a restaurant. The officer’s body cam footage, which was later released, showed Hsu’s husband emerging from the restaurant and spotting the officer checking their vehicle’s license plate. The police officer told him that he would be receiving a parking ticket. Hsu j...

The print newspaper and mobile app of the Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times) are the most popular news sources in Taiwan, a survey released on Saturday by the Shih Hsin University found. The survey, conducted by the university’s College of Journalism and Communication, found that the Liberty Times is the most-read print newspaper and mobile news app among Taiwanese residents, ahead of apps produced by the Central News Agency (CNA) and SETN. Those who avidly follow current affairs tend to most often watch TV news (56.8 percent), followed by news sources on socia...

Autocracies often expand their power through two approaches: One is by using the influence of economic and combat power, the other by employing diplomacy and propaganda. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second month, there has been relentless bombardment and information warfare. The foreign affairs spokespeople of two autocracies — China and Russia — have unanimously attacked the US and Ukraine via conferences and state media. They took to social media to accuse Ukraine of making biochemical weapons to rationalize Russia’s invasion. As a result, China’s amplification of R...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine indicates the emergence of a new Russia-China alliance — an “authoritarian bloc” that seeks to challenge the US-led democratic world order. The invasion has sparked intense local debate, with many concerned that China might follow suit and invade Taiwan. Chinese nationalists and pro-Beijing Taiwanese have been hammering away at their keyboards in an attempt to shape the narrative around the Russian invasion. Many posts and comments repeat similar themes, such as: “I would not go to war for any politician,” and reveal their orig...