China: US should improve its own rights record

American report turns blind eye to violations at home

BEIJING - China on Friday said the United States was a bigger culprit with a terrible record in response to Washington's charges on violation of human rights, "Like the previous years, the (US) report is full of accusations about the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China. As in the past, the report released on Thursday has conveniently ignored and even covered up rampant human rights violations on their own territory," said the Information Office of the State Council in its report.

The US is "also responsible for many human rights disasters worldwide," it said, citing the problems caused by the financial crisis, which in turn was sparked by the American sub-prime crisis.