http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/05/2776766-china-reject-latest-us-report-on-religious-freedom

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Tuesday said a U.S. report criticizing the state of China's religious freedom was biased and groundless.

China sharply restricts religious practices and controls activities of churches and mosques, the report from the congressionally backed U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said.

"Religious activities are tightly controlled and some religious adherents were detained, imprisoned, fined, beaten and harassed," said the commission's 2009 annual report, which was released last week.