The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Chinese authorities are taking aim at Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, singling her out by name in an unusually personal rebuke to her comments about Hong Kong. The Globe's Nathan VanderKlippe and Janice Dickson write that Ms. Freeland was criticized for a joint statement she made with the European Union on Saturday on the mass protests in Hong Kong. In comments reported by state television, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Canada "has made irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong affairs repeatedly, and grossly interfered in China's internal affairs." The targeted response from Beijing further highlights the breadth of the rift that has developed between Canada and China after the arrest of Huawei executive and heir Meng Wanzhou, and the subsequent arrests in China of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. It also adds a fresh perspective on difficult decisions for Canadian leadership, which has faced demands both to adopt a tougher position toward Beijing in support of demonstrators in Hong Kong, and to restore calm to relations with the world's second-largest economy, which has visited serious economic consequences on Canada in recent months.