BEIJING (AP) – China on Thursday blasted U.S. human rights record in its annual tit-for-tat report, saying money and family connections are corrupting politics and calling U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Iraq a “gross violation of other countries’ human rights.”
The report issued by the Cabinet’s State Council Information Office also cited gun crime and excessive use of force by police, and touched on other topics including corruption in the prison system, homelessness, racial conflict and gender pay disparity.
“Since the U.S. government can’t be bothered to raise a mirror to look at itself, it’s up to others to complete the task,” the report said.
The U.S. is also guilty of rights violations outside its borders, the report said, citing estimates of civilian deaths in Iraqi and Syrian airstrikes, drone attacks and the monitoring of foreign citizens’ communications.
“America is still committing gross violations of other countries’ human rights, viewing lives in other countries as worthless,” it said.