A Canadian task force announced on Friday that malicious news articles originating from Chinese social media attempted to undermine Chrystia Freeland, the former Finance Minister campaigning to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal Party leader. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force (SITE) identified "coordinated and malicious activity" targeting Freeland through an anonymous, yet popular, WeChat news account. Investigations linked the WeChat blog to China, according to experts at the California-based China Digital Times. Freeland firmly responded on social media, stating, "I will not be intimidated by Chinese foreign interference," emphasizing her experience confronting authoritarian regimes....