In Shanghai, for instance, Mayor Han Zheng this week said that nonlocals would be permitted to rent subsidized units in certain public-housing projects in the city's outer reaches, whereas in the past eligibility hinged on their employment.

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But buried at the end was a provision which would have changed the first-sale doctrine so Americans would not be permitted to rent movies from video stores like Blockbuster without the permission of movie studios, who said they would grant such permission only at greatly inflated prices.

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