China issues report criticizing U.S. human rights

From USA TODAY:

BEIJING (AP) — China accused the U.S. on Monday of pushing for Internet freedom around the world as a way to undermine other nations, while noting that Washington’s campaign against secret-spilling website WikiLeaks showed its own sensitivity to the free flow of information.

The charges appeared in China’s annual report on Washington’s human rights record, which lambasted the U.S. over issues ranging from homelessness and violent crime to the influence of money on politics and the negative effects of its foreign policy on civilians….

The report pointed to the huge amount of money poured into last year’s midterm congressional elections as a perversion of democracy, blasted Arizona’s legislation on illegal immigration, and pointed to a women’s bias lawsuit against Wal-Mart as evidence of continuing gender discrimination.

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