Looks like the Americans were issued a protocol for dealing with that.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/15/us-news/trump-bare-knuckles-his-way-through-china-summit-without-his-trusty-cell-phone/

Posts to his Truth Social account have been limited during the summit — and have likely been posted from Washington, DC, where several White House staff are working Beijing hours to provide logistical support from afar.
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Administration staffers are using burner phones and burner email addresses during the two-day summit — all part of the White House’s efforts to keep information secure while ensuring the trip flows smoothly.

These devices are stripped of most basic functions and apps to serve as “clean” devices — designed to hold minimal information if breached.
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For White House staff, personal devices were stored on Air Force One in Faraday bags, which block all signals, including GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RFID.

The bags protect sensitive data from being hacked remotely.

Trump and his staff will get access to their devices as soon as they board the presidential plane.

Air Force One is considered American territory no matter where it’s parked, and the plane, which functions as a flying Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, has other ways of protecting data.

So, should be fine, unless someone on the plane is a CCP agent, like the recently indicted California mayor.
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/05/11/eileen-wang-n2428095

Also, despite a slight discrepancy with the NYP report: say goodbye to those great souvenirs, folks!
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/05/15/american-delegation-trashes-all-gifts-from-china-n2428246

Wow!

NYP Reporter: Prior to boarding Air Force One to depart Beijing, the entire U.S. delegation disposed of every item provided to them by their Chinese hosts. Gifts, badges, pins, and commemorative items were all dumped into a trash bin on site. The directive was absolute, no item… pic.twitter.com/4Dpo0YRmzT

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 15, 2026

The Americans were told to leave their personal cell phones at home and were only permitted to use burner phones while on the trip. Those were disposed of, as well.

America is doing its best to ensure there is no spying going on.

Now imagine what China puts in products and technology they ship to the U.S. and that Americans use in their homes everyday https://t.co/C1T78gjkmY

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) May 15, 2026
America needs to bring manufacturing back.
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Several news agencies reported it happening, so safe to say, it’s true.

its was known back to at least 2008 that China was able to get into any Blackberry as soon as the plane touched down. So govt officials were told not to take them. All but one listened…and that one was HIlliary Clinton who took her US Govt issued Blackberry to China and…

— ScottG. ?? (@2scottsherG) May 15, 2026
would’ve been more useful to quarantine devices on return, feed them spoofed data/honeypot info, and track where it ends up. Same with the burner phones and plant misleading intel and watch what gets scraped and by whom

— Jer (@agencyjx) May 15, 2026
That would have been very interesting.

But yet 500K Chinese students in our colleges is fine along with all the American farm land they purchase.

— Maggiesmom (@maggiemooch) May 15, 2026
That’s why Florida buckled down on China buying farmland.

I get it; but honestly was this necessary to report? Why not leave it unsaid?

— CaptainTLB60 (@CaptainTLB60) May 15, 2026
It’s interesting information for Americans to have.

Trump seems to get an extra “glow” when he is in public negotiation mode – “watch me play these suckers (including the media) for all they are worth!!” etc.

https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/05/watch-live-trump-attends-state-banquet.html

(I meant by my previous post that Xi didn’t welcome President Trump on the tarmac when he deplaned. Xi did welcome him in this official ceremony.)

I think all of this fits the pillsbury thesis of the hundred years war

Chi haotian an emeritus marshal of the pla has spoken on how ‘peoples war’ would be carried

RFK Jr is #12 in succession

That might get people talking.

There was an air disaster when the President of Poland flew to Russia for a meeting of top officials, in part commemorating the Katyn Forest massacre. Political tensions and even hatreds were running high, and the plane crashed on landing in Russia killing everyone on board including the President. As you can imagine, the investigation was a mess.

I just noticed and I am bowled over. This meeting could change the next 25 years for the world.

Trump is swinging for the fences.