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                    [Title] => Tattoos no longer taboo for China's military recruits
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China has eased restrictions on young people who want to join the army but were previously denied due to their tattoos or pierced ears, making military service more accessible.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-03 11:38:34 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 722402 [Title] => Chinese gymnastics judge dismisses fraud finding [Summary] =>

A Chinese gymnastics judge has dismissed a finding by the sport's international body that he committed fraud by falsifying a score to help a Chinese athlete win gold at the 2010 Asian Games.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-01 18:29:31 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 675797 [Title] => Phl hopes to double tourist arrivals [Summary] =>

The Philippines has conveyed to China that it is hoping to double the number of tourist arrivals in the country from 3 million to 6 million by 2016 despite the Aug. 23 hostage taking incident at the Luneta Grandstand that claimed the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 598288 [Title] => Mainland, Hong Kong reach agreements in tourism administration after complaints of 'forced shopping' [Summary] =>

The Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) reached five agreements Saturday to better administer the tourism industry.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-31 21:01:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 491192 [Title] => China says death penalty to be used more sparingly [Summary] =>

The highest court in China, which executes more people than any other country, has called for the death penalty to be used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases, state media reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-30 05:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448641 [Title] => Another significant Rotary event [Summary] =>

Just as members of Rotary clubs all over the world meet once a year in a Rotary International Convention, members of rotary clubs in a district also meet annually in what is known as a District Conference (DISCON).

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237100 [Title] => Chinese businessman in trouble over fancy jewelry [Summary] => A Chinese businessman, who supplies fancy jewelry in Divisoria and Quiapo, got himself in trouble when patrolling policemen spotted boxes of gold inside his vehicle in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The trader, identified as Shao Sai Hua, 25, alias John Chua, of El Ca’o st., Binondo, Manila, was found in possession of some P100,000 worth of fancy jewelry, including earrings, necklaces, rings, pendants and bracelets.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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