November 2025 – Page 196 – From Inside Asia

Paper’s non-existent AI-generated references spark University of Hong Kong probe

Hong Kong’s oldest university has launched an investigation after a published academic paper by a PhD candidate was found to contain non-existent references generated...

by Emily Hung November 9, 2025

US Politics

Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Order Requiring Government to Fully Fund SNAP

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a late-night order Nov. 7 temporarily pausing a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to fully fund food...

by FIA Staff November 9, 2025

US Politics

USDA Tells States to ‘Undo’ Release of Full Food Stamp Benefits

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials on Nov. 8 told states to “undo any steps” that were taken in recent days to disperse full...

by FIA Staff November 9, 2025

News

CCP Bolstering Dictators Globally With Advanced Surveillance Tools: House Committee

Beijing is using artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge surveillance, seeking to gather enough information from different sources to be able to preempt dissent before...

by Nicholas Zifcak November 9, 2025

World

Who wins the trade war? Maersk’s Malaysia mega-bet backs Southeast Asia

Next to a bustling expressway funnelling Malaysia’s exports to the world, Danish shipping giant Maersk has placed a US$118 million bet that Southeast Asia...

by Joseph Sipalan,Iman Muttaqin Yusof November 9, 2025

China Observer YouTube

90% of China’s Restaurants Close, KFC Shuts, McDonald’s Pulls Out, Starbucks Sold for $2.4B

On November 4, a bombshell announcement shook the industry: Starbucks sold 60% of its China operations to Boyu Capital Investment Management, while retaining 40%...

by China Observer November 9, 2025