China accused the United States on Friday of being "haunted by spreading guns" and racial discrimination, in its annual tit-for-tat rebuttal to U.S. criticism of China's human rights record. In a lengthy report carried by the official Xinhua news agency, China's State Council Information Office said the United States "violated human rights in other countries in a more brazen manner, and was given more 'red cards' in the international human rights field".