DISSIDENT Hou Xiaotian is due to arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow evening on the first leg of her ''world tour'' to publicise the fate of her husband, jailed democracy activist Wang Juntao.
Ms Hou, 33, will spend one week in the territory, where she plans to meet fellow dissident and labour leader Han Dongfang, before flying to Europe and the United States.
Despite the notoriety caused by her very-public campaign on behalf of her husband, who is serving a 13-year prison term for his role in the 1989 democracy movement, Ms Hou says she does not expect any problems when she returns to China next April.
She said yesterday her situation was different to that of Mr Han, who was expelled from Shenzhen and had his passport revoked after he tried to re-enter China last month.
''I don't plan to engage in any political activities or join any of those dissident groups abroad so I'm not worried about being refused entry when I come back,'' she told the South China Morning Post.
''It all depends on what you do, and I don't intend to do anything that will get me into trouble. I just want to talk about Wang Juntao's situation,'' she said.