China criticized a "woeful" human rights record in the United States

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A Chinese report criticizes the human rights record of the United States
• It comes a day after a U.S. report criticized China's human rights record
• China cited the arrest of Occupy Wall Street protesters and Internet restrictions

Beijing, China (CNN) -- China criticized a "woeful" human rights record in the United States on Friday, a day after a U.S. report said Beijing's own record is getting worse, with harsh crackdowns on dissidents.

"The United States' tarnished human rights record has left it in no state -- whether on a moral, political or legal basis -- to act as the world's 'human rights justice,' " China said in an annual report on U.S. human rights.

The report cited the arrests of protesters participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States. Many protesters, it said, accused police of brutality.

It also said the United States has "fairly strict restrictions" on the Internet, saying the U.S. Patriot Act and Homeland Security Act both have clauses about monitoring the Internet, giving the government or law enforcement organizations power to monitor and block any Internet content "harmful to national security."

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"The facts contained in the report are a small yet illustrative fraction of the United States' dismal record on its own human rights situation," China's report said