Ai Weiwei: "The West is losing its values"

The artist Ai Weiwei in Geneva, in an undated image.Zenith Richards / Camerapress / ContactPhoto

The world will have to fight to protect freedom of expression and democracy after the pandemic if it wants to build a "true immune system" for society.

The voice of alarm is raised by Ai Weiwei

(Beijing, 63 years old), Chinese artist persecuted by his government.

Alert that China "has won" the strategic battle to the West in a videoconference interview a year after the pandemic was declared.

And he accuses the world of having succumbed to financial interests, abandoning values ​​and principles ...

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