Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei holds his passport in Beijing on July 22, 2015 -- it was returned four years after it was confiscated.
Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei arrived in Germany Thursday on his first overseas trip since he was arrested nearly four years ago, after Britain denied him a six-month visa because he did not declare a supposed "criminal conviction" on his application.
China's best known contemporary artist received a new passport a week ago after it was taken away following his 81-day detention without charge in 2011 amid a crackdown on government critics.
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