Chinese Protests Unlikely To Change Anything: Dissident Ai Weiwei

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has described China’s COVID-19 policies as “unprecedented” but said that he doubts recent protests will be successful in the face of the country’s one-party rule. Ai, who now lives in Portugal with his wife and child, spoke to German news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) on Friday about the mass protests against the Chinese government’s restrictive COVID-19 measures. China has indicated that it will move to ease its zero-COVID policy following protests that broke out in dozens of cities across the country, which have largely dissipated amid a heavy police presence. “This is unprecedented in the…