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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei celebrates on Instagram after Lego policy U-turn

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei publishes photos of himself with Lego hanging off his moustache and beard. As Rosanna Philpott reports he's celebrating the toymaker's decision to back down on rules that blocked his bulk order of bricks.

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