China Slams Canada Over Claim It Likely Targeted a Lawmaker

Michael ChongPhotographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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China hit back at Canada over accusations it was probably behind a disinformation campaign aimed at a lawmaker who has taken a hard line against Beijing, renewing tensions between the nations.

Canada said Wednesday that the Chinese government was likely behind a series of “misleading narratives” that appeared on social media about Michael Chong, a Conservative who sponsored a motion in parliament declaring that Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang amounted to genocide.