"China has consistently opposed torture," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular briefing.
"We believe the US side should reflect upon itself, correct its ways and earnestly respect and abide by the rules of international conventions."
Rights groups say China's own justice system is riddled with abuses and that it is not uncommon for confessions to be extracted through torture.
Beijing says it attaches great importance to human rights and that it carries out detentions in accordance with the law.
China and the US regularly spar over human rights, with Washington expressing concern over the detention and jailing of prominent rights activists by China's communist authorities.
A senior Chinese official on Monday defended his country's human rights record against Western criticism, saying Beijing favoured the "right to development and survival" over civil liberties.
Speaking in Brussels after an EU-China rights dialogue, Li Junhua told a press conference: "Neither party should judge the other country's system."
China has made "great strides in the last 30 years on human rights," which compare to a hundred years of progress in Europe, he said.
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