FILE - A bare overhead pole, with wires and brackets where surveillance cameras once hung, stands over an intersection in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region on April 21, 2021. After a U.N. report concluding that China's crackdown in the far west Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, China used a well-worn tactic to deflect criticism: blame a Western conspiracy. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)