China conducted a review of the implementation of its plan on human rights protection Tuesday, and used the opportunity to both highlight its progress and unleash a diatribe against the U.S.

"While Beijing is performing self-examination on human rights, by stark contrast, an unabashed Washington is probably, as usual, being busy preparing for its routine accusations against others, while turning a blind eye to the gloomy reality on its own soil," said China's state-owned news agency Xinhua.

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In particular, China said the U.S. is being hypocritical for criticizing other countries' human rights record. The U.S. has a history of scolding China on its human rights records, which causes Beijing to bristle every time.

The newspaper said that it has become a "notorious ritual" for the U.S. to issue an annual report scrutinizing the human rights records of other countries and regions, "mostly as a political tactic of shunning criticism at itself."

According to the Chinese government, the country has made "considerable progress" since pledging to strive for improved human rights in 2012. The review allowed state agencies at various levels to report in detail their respective achievements.

With the recent protests in the U.S. demonstrating against in the use of excessive force by American police officers, China says the U.S. can learn a thing or two from it about human rights.

"China's human rights course has entered a stage of planned, sustainable, steady and comprehensive development, while the United States is obviously moving backwards," said Xinhua. "China, an old and easy prey of American ideological assaults, has actually set a good example," said Xinhua.

The paper said that for many African-Americans and other ethic minorities, "the American Dream ... is turning into a nightmare, just as manifested in the Ferguson incident, and many others to follow."

The paper added: "On human rights issues, the United States is obviously in dire need of the basic honesty to acknowledge the truth, the courage to let down self-pride and practice self-communion for improvement, not to mention the essential respect for other country's internal affairs."

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