China has refuted a US human rights report and is urging the United States to stop interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries. The report issued in Washington on Wednesday criticized China's judicial system and its policies toward ethnic groups and religious beliefs.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said, "China firmly opposes any country's interference in its internal affairs on the pretext of human rights. The United States should examine its own human rights issues, stop calling itself a human rights guard and stop interfering in other countries' domestic affairs by issuing human rights reports."

(CCTV February 27, 2009)