News Analysis Australia’s conservative prime minister, Scott Morrison, got a shock when China’s WeChat social media app gave his 76,000 followers two lousy choices: opt out within 24 hours and get your followers deleted along with Morrison’s account reassignment, or get signed up automatically to the replacement, called “Australia China New Life.” A post delivered to Morrison’s WeChat followers said, “Scott Morrison, the official account you followed before, has transferred all business and functions to this official account.” Morrison, of the Liberal Party, transferred nothing. His followers were stolen. Clare Armstrong, who broke the story in the Daily Telegraph on Jan. 23, claims the new account is a “pro-Beijing propaganda outfit.” James Paterson, a Liberal member of the Australian parliament who chairs the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, told an Australian radio station, “This is pretty clearly and transparently an attempt by the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] to …