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| China rights 'worsened', says US | China rights 'worsened', says US |
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| The US state department has criticised China in an annual report on human rights around the world. | The US state department has criticised China in an annual report on human rights around the world. |
| China's human rights record worsened in some areas despite the country hosting the Beijing Olympics, the report said. | China's human rights record worsened in some areas despite the country hosting the Beijing Olympics, the report said. |
| On a trip to China last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said co-operation between the two countries should take precedence over tensions. | On a trip to China last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said co-operation between the two countries should take precedence over tensions. |
| But she also said she had held candid discussions on human rights issues with her Chinese counterpart. | |
| The state department report said Chinese authorities had "committed extrajudicial killings and torture, coerced confessions of prisoners, and used forced labour". | |
| Privacy rights and freedom of speech and of the press remain under pressure in China, it said. | |
| Among the other countries criticised in the report were Russia and North Korea. |