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China criticizes US rights record as 'haunted by spreading guns'

By REUTERS

JUNE 26, 2015 06:54

BEIJING - China accused the United States on Friday of being "haunted by spreading guns" and racial discrimination, in its annual tit-for-tat rebuttal to US criticism of China's human rights record.

In a lengthy report carried by the official Xinhua news agency, China's State Council Information Office said the United States "violated human rights in other countries in a more brazen manner, and was given more 'red cards' in the international human rights field".

"The US was haunted by spreading guns and frequent occurrence of violent crimes, which threatened citizens' civil rights," the report said.

The China section of the annual US State Department report on human rights conditions globally, released on Thursday, said that "repression and coercion were routine" against activists, ethnic minorities, and law firms that took on sensitive cases.

Human rights have long been a source of tension between the world's two largest economies, especially since 1989, when the US imposed sanctions on China after a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

While senior leaders periodically promise China's citizens democracy and human rights, the last two years under President Xi Jinping's administration have been marked by a sweeping crackdown on dissidents and activists.

China has long rejected criticism of its rights' record, saying providing food, clothing, housing and economic growth are far more relevant for developing countries, pointing to its success at lifting millions out of poverty.

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