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China report says US using human rights as ‘bargaining chip’ in deeply unequal society
Rights are ‘props for political theatre’ in unequal system bound to special interests where immigrants are ‘scapegoats’, annual report says
Alyssa Chen
Published: 10:26am, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 11:36am, 18 Aug 2025
China has accused the United States of using human rights as a “bargaining chip” in its latest annual report on the issue.
The report released on Sunday criticised what it called the hypocrisy of the US political system, its unequal social welfare, widespread racism, and the politicisation of immigration, where immigrants become “scapegoats for political parties”.
The US had turned human rights into “props for political theatre” and “bargaining chips in power games”, it alleged.
The year 2024 was meant to be a defining moment for American citizens to exercise their political rights, the report stated, in an apparent reference to the US presidential elections.
“In reality, the year was fraught with political violence as politics was controlled by money, justice was hijacked by politics, and voters were disenfranchised by electoral rules.”
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China’s reports on US human rights violations have in recent years highlighted issues such as racial discrimination, wealth inequality, gun violence and police brutality.
The latest report accused US financiers of prioritising their own interests and deliberately manipulating politics through the power of money. It also criticised both the Republican and Democratic parties for representing special interest groups and often neglecting, or even ignoring, the needs of voters.
The report further stated that “skyrocketing inflation” had widened the wealth gap, “delivering catastrophic blows to low- and middle-income families” and sending homelessness soaring. America’s annual inflation rate as of July was 2.7 per cent.
“The costly and inefficient health care and insurance systems sparked widespread outrage. Substance abuse continued to harm public health. Gun violence threatened lives. Police brutality persisted in total disregard for human lives,” the report said.
It also took aim at the fentanyl issue, a key point of contention in US-China relations, with Washington alleging that Beijing is not doing enough to crack down on the production and export of precursor chemicals fuelling the opioid epidemic in the US.
The report, issued by the State Council Information Office, said America’s drug abuse and opioid crisis could be traced to interest hijacking, government-business collusion and regulatory failures.
It blamed educational inequality for perpetuating inter-generational poverty, with the US “effectively split into ‘Two Americas’ – a small wealthy elite and a vast low- and middle-class majority”.
The annual reports are viewed as part of Beijing’s strategic response to Western allegations of human rights abuses, aiming to highlight serious issues within the United States itself.
The latest one comes days after Washington released its own annual human rights report covering nearly 200 countries. With regard to China, the US report strongly condemned what it described as genocide and crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, allegationsBeijing has repeatedly denied.
“Genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year in China against predominantly Muslim Uygurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang,” Wednesday’s US report said.
It also expressed concerns over workers’ rights, noting that Chinese law did not protect the right to strike. “Labour inspectors lacked authority to compel employers to bargain with the union. Penalties were limited and never applied against employers who violated the law. Workers who tried to exercise their rights outside of the official unions were subject to penalties,” it said.
In addition to sharp critiques of American democracy and inequality, Beijing’s report – drawing extensively from foreign media coverage – also underscored cases of racism, gender inequality and immigration issues.
Racial minorities faced consistent and extensive discrimination and exclusion in the US, it stated, while accusing politicians of exploiting these racial divides to distract from deeper structural problems, thereby intensifying conflict and hostility among communities.
“Immigration policies are deeply intertwined with political elections, with politicians openly inciting hatred against immigrants, who have become scapegoats for political parties to shift social tensions.” |
