March 27, 2005WORD FOR WORD | REPORT CARDChina Gives America a D By PETER EDIDIN INCE 1977, the United States State Department has issued an annual global report card called the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The document has long been a thorn in the side of authoritarian governments, including China's, which responds with a nettled review of its own, called "The Human Rights Record of the United States," the 2004 version of which was recently released. (It is available in English at:http://english.people.com.cn/200503/03/eng20050303_175406.html.) China's assessment, unlike the sober State Department tome, is a frank indictment and draws a...