Maybe but any publicity will get back to him, and the Chinese authorities will pick up on any anti China dissent too. Not saying it will make any difference but at least someone is trying....
This is the thing for me. Some people moan that we have for years been quite a passive, almost submissive fan base when it comes to ownership. You haven't seen protests against the board, you haven't seen protests against managers particularly either. We are a non dissenting club.
Many of the same people who criticise the fans for being walk overs are the ones asking what the fans hope to achieve by this protest. Make your minds up folks. While "sack the board" may be a generic and relatively meaningless statement, the start of some form of dissent is long overdue. If it gathers momentum the club will have to react in some way. That isn't necessarily Lai saying "sod it, I'm selling up on the cheap", but it might result in more engagement from the board and might force them to get more hands on. They need to be jolted awake - China won't like the bad publicity as someone else has pointed out.