At the heart of the controversy were changes to marriage laws, including articles that set the legal minimum age for marriage at 18, recognize only civil marriages, allow joint property ownership, expand parental rights, and extend inheritance rights to girls.
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In a statement, the Taiwan-based manufacturer acknowledged that some students who took part in its summer internship programme were below China's minimumlegal working age of 16.
According to La Repubblica, a newspaper, the prosecutors have a statement in which she claims she told the 74-year-old Mr Berlusconi she was under the age of 18, the legalminimumage for prostitution in Italy.