This has been going on for at least a year. See https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-orders-xinjiangs-android-users-to-install-app-that-deletes-terrori

This has been going on for at least a year. See https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-orders-xinjiangs-android-users-to-install-app-that-deletes-terrorist-content-07142017102032.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-orders-xinjiang... Some news outlets have also mentioned it in passing previously: https://www.wsj.com/articles/twelve-days-in-xinjiang-how-chinas-surveillance-state-overwhelms-daily-life-1513700355 https://www.wsj.com/articles/twelve-days-in-xinjiang-how-chi... https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turned-xinjiang-into-a-police-state-like-no-other https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turn... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/in-chinas-far-west-experts-fear-a-ticking-timebomb-religious https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/in-chinas-far-... Around that time, a user on reddit also reported that the app had been installed on his phone: https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/8ofiiw/chinese_border_police_installed_software_on_my/ https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/8ofiiw/chinese_bo... So not really news. Best advice remains to buy a burner phone to bring. Avoid public USB charging stations.