Olympic Information Center: links on 16 July (second recap)

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All Olympic conversation, apart from the sport
(I'm blessed with a working internet connection again and will resume postings; second and last batch of Olympic links of the past few days. More will follow.)

Travel agencies: China domestic Olympic travel falls lower than expectations (Xinhua)

China: local leaders must manage complaints better (AP)

China has 'bent' for media, so far at least (Sun Media)

Warning issued over visa restrictions to China (Travel Weekly)

China Olympics security undermines media freedoms: experts (Reuters)

China Counts the Cost of Hosting the Olympics (WSJ)

China: Locking down IDC server rooms for the Olympics (Global Voices)

Amnesty Spot Creates Olympic Headache for Ad Shop (WSJ)

Crowding China's Red Carpet (WSJ)

'Special inspection measures' at China airports from July 20 (Shanghaiist)

China could have superpowers (Danwei)

Triple security ring set up in Beijing (SCMP)

Changes to Chinese visa requirements draconian (The Vancouver Sun)

Xinhuanet trying hard & Adidas t-shirts banned during Olympics (China Visa Blog)

Mr. Wei Wei - Word of Wisdom (China Visa Blog)

Is the nation ready to be a gracious host? (SCMP)

Tudou: It Ain't About The Licenses (Pacific Epoch)

Portals Buy Olympic Rights, Insider Spills Spending Details (Pacific Epoch)

The Chinese Olympic Journey (The Fool's Mountain)

Olympic Information Center: links on 16 July (first recap) (China Herald)