China will plot its own path on human rights, Xi Jinping says, as report takes aim at US record


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President Xi Jinping has pledged to promote China’s own path in human rights development in an assertive response to criticism from the West.

In an address to the Communist Party’s inner circle on Friday, Xi said China had blazed a path of human rights development consistent with the trend of the times and the nation’s conditions, state news agency Xinhua reported.

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