<P> Since 1998, China has annually published a White Paper detailing the human rights abuses by the United States and since 2005 has also published a White Paper on its own political system and democratic progress . </P> <P> On February 27, 2014 the United States released its China report on human rights practices for 2013 which, according to its executive summary, described the PRC as an authoritarian state and a place in which repression and coercion were routine . On February 28, 2014, China published a report on human rights in the United States citing surveillance on its own citizens, mistreatment of inmates, gun violence, and homelessness despite having a vibrant economy as important issues . </P> <P> China's economic rise has led to some geo - political friction between the US and China in the East Asian region . For example, in response to China's response to the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong by North Korea, "Washington is moving to redefine its relationship with South Korea and Japan, potentially creating an anti-China bloc in Northeast Asia that officials say they don't want but may need ." For its part, the Chinese government fears a US Encirclement Conspiracy . </P> <P> China and the US have recently led competing efforts to gain influence in Asian trade and development . In 2015, China led the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with the goal of financing projects which would spur the development of the lower - tier Asian economies, thus facilitating improved economic ties across the region . It has been suggested that the United States considered the AIIB to be a challenge to the US - backed Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, and sees the Chinese effort as an attempt to set the global economic agenda on terms formulated by the government in Beijing . The Obama administration led an effort to enact the Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement, a multilateral trade pact between a number of Pacific Rim countries, which excluded China . According to the US Trade Representative, the agreement was designed to "promote economic growth; support the creation and retention of jobs; enhance innovation, productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in the signatories' countries; and promote transparency, good governance, and enhanced labor and environmental protections ." The deal was placed on hold after the US withdrew from the agreement on 23 January 2017 . These efforts are among the attempts by both the US and China to increase their influence over the Asia - Pacific by strengthening their economic ties within the region . </P>

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