A U.S. congressional commission's criticism of China's human rights record did not "accord with the facts," the Chinese government said on Friday, the latest friction over a long-running thorn in relations.
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China said on Thursday that it saw in China "a disturbing deterioration in human rights and rule of law conditions that pose a direct challenge to U.S. national interests and U.S.-China relations."
The report comes weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, during which U.S. President Barack Obama laid out concern over human rights.