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From laser shields to iPhone detectors: inside China’s booming secrecy industry
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC. The headline in use is “From laser shields to iPhone detectors: inside China’s booming secrecy industry”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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A group of Chinese officials are in the middle of a highly sensitive meeting involving critical decisions yet to be made behind closed doors, with documents stamped “classified” spread across the table. Suddenly, an invisible laser beams into the room, sweeping across a glass window and allowing the contents of…
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From laser shields to iPhone detectors: inside China’s booming secrecy industry
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