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Shanghai Daily: Metro

DESPITE the industry raking in profits, young Chinese directors expressed concerns about the lack of professional directors, lack of variety and lack of investment for the alternate and small-budget films.

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Young directors moan about lack of support for genre films
SHANGHAI sizzled for another day yesterday with the mercury reaching 36.6 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest day so far this year, but rain is expected to bring some relief from the scorching heat today.

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Rain to bring some relief from heat
THE city is stepping up measures to stamp out unqualified makers of dairy products, authorities said yesterday.

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Licenses of dairy item makers up for review
BEIJING'S iconic structures, the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, will be featured in Michael Bay's fourth installment of "Transformers," it was announced at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival yesterday.

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'Transformers' to take in Beijing sights
A 65-YEAR-OLD man who tried to smuggle into the country 21 pieces of rhinoceros horn and ivory items worth nearly 3 million yuan (US$489,600) from France was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court yesterday.

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Man gets 7 years for smuggling ivory items