China issues report on US human rights

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China published a report on the United States' human rights situation on Tuesday.

The report, titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017," was released by the Information Office of the State Council, in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017 issued by the US State Department on April 20 local time.

A Chronology of Human Rights Violations of the United States in 2017 was also released by the office on Tuesday.

China's report said the United States posed once again as "the guardian of human rights" and a self-styled "human rights judge" while its own human rights record remains tarnished and shows a continued tendency for deterioration.

The report accused the United States of serious infringement on citizens' civil rights, systematic racial discrimination, severe flaws in the American-style of democracy, widening the divide between rich and poor, discrimination and assault against specific groups such as women, children and people with disabilities, as well as its continued violations of human rights in other countries.

The report noted that on the evening of Oct. 1, 2017, almost 60 people were killed and more than 800 injured in a mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

It also quoted some reports from polls of American academics which said that the respondents believed that American democracy is "drowning in money."

According to the report, US-led military operations in other countries have caused heavy civilian casualties, and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp continued to detain and torture foreigners. The United States also made cyber warfare tools for hacking and spying on foreign networks.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency