In its efforts to bypass U.S. surveillance, China is said to be developing its own secure smartphones. “The effort involves both state-owned companies and some of the country’s savvier technology firms and marks the latest step in Beijing’s quest to build a homegrown tech industry that cuts out U.S. suppliers,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Since American companies have so far dominated in operating systems and processors, there has been little China could do in this space. However, rather than rely on iOS and Android handsets, Chinese companies such as ZTE and Alibaba are among those developing their own operating systems.