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Beijing, China: Two high speed rail projects have been paused by Chinaa government in its province because of the growing debtCiting local media, Nikkei Asia had learnt that last month, the work on a 270-km line connecting Jinan, the capital of eastern China's Shandong Province, and the city of Zaozhuang in the south of the province, was suspended.Earlier this month, the work came to a halt on three lines with a planned total investment of 71.6 billion yuan being built as part of a project called Guanzhong Chengji, which consists of 13 lines in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.China has relied heavily on high-speed rail and other infrastructure building to maintain its fast economic growth, however, there are concerns that resorting to such construction too often could lead to dangerous...

Chinese communications giant Huawei was able to tap any conversation and was able to track which phone was controlled by government.Hauwei staff were able to monitor all of KPN's mobile users and eavesdrop on their private conversations - and even knew which numbers were tapped by police or intelligence agencies, according to Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant.The newspaper cited a report prepared by consultancy firm Capgemini for KPN, which it said flagged that Huawei could have been accessing users' calls in 2010 without KPN knowing.Dutch MPs from across the political spectrum today called for the government to respond to the report about Huawei's role in the KPN mobile network.The Dutch telecoms company today said that Huawei had not to its knowledge improperly monitored any of its mobile u...

SERDANG: Police have arrested 2 chines nationalist and seized 297 bitcoin mining machines.Serdang Deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Rosdi Daud said a team from the Serdang CID together with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) personnel raided three premises at Atmosphere 5, Pusat Perdagangan Bandar Putra Permai around 3pm on April 8."We arrested two Chinese nationals, a man and a woman, aged 32 and 38."When we checked the premises, we found evidence of tampering with the electricity supply," he told reporters at Serdang police headquarters on Monday (April 19).Supt Mohd Rosdi said the two foreigners had been hired to act as caretakers of the premises which were being used to house bitcoin mining operations."The two foreigners have been remanded until April 28 to help with investigations," he said, adding that ...