Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a scathing letter on the subject to her B.C. counterpart ...

In February, SITE reported that China was believed to have targeted the 2025 Liberal leadership campaign of Chrystia Freeland via negative messaging on a WeChat Youli-Youmian account.

This came after the same tactics were used during the Liberal leadership campaign to attack and disparage Carney’s main rival, Chrystia Freeland.

Yicai was made to scrub the column. Its headline on the multi-purpose messaging platform WeChat is accompanied by the message: “The content can’t be viewed due to violation of regulations.” ...

The Youli-Youmian account has previously targeted Conservative politician Michael Chong and former Liberal finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who challenged Carney for the Liberal leadership. So it’s ...

The Youli-Youmian account was also responsible for targeting Conservative politician Michael Chong two years ago and Liberal Chrystia Freeland earlier this year, the backgrounder said.

The same Youli-Youmian account previously targeted Chrystia Freeland in January and MP Michael Chong during the federal byelections of 2023.

Freeland targeted by 'malicious' WeChat campaign with alleged ties to China: Threat task force Global Affairs says disinformation operation targeted MP Michael Chong on WeChat ...

The 'information operation' was launched by Youli-Youmian, WeChat's most popular news account, which has been linked to the Chinese Communist Party, Canadian officials said.

The Guardian reports that between late January and early February, China had reportedly targeted Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister and Liberal leadership contender, in a malicious ...

SITE reported that over 30 WeChat news accounts were involved in the campaign against Freeland. The articles received significant engagement and views. Between January 29 and February 3, these ...

SITE estimates that the campaign reached 2 to 3 million WeChat users worldwide. Freeland joined the race to lead the Liberal Party after Trudeau announced his resignation last month. A close ally of ...