Olympic Information Center: links on 9 July

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All Olympic conversation, apart from the sport

lonnie b hodge posted a message on Twitter

“Speaking to doctoral student at SYSU from Africa. He's talking of 200 Africans in prison here for visa overstay http://snipurl.com/2vhne”
“@CatChen 200 Nigerians in prison. Most are being held as they cannot pay the overstay fines. Catch 22”

Countdown to the Olympics (BBC)

Chinese homes open their doors to Olympic tourists (Reuters)

China's pollution claims disputed ahead of Games (The Independent)

Banned by Beijing University: Campus Tourists (WSJ-blog)

Fake Olympic torch cam (Flickr)

Protecting the nest (Shanghaiist)

Two Concerns for Olympics: Air and Access (New York Times)

RFID enabled tickets for Olympic opening and closing (Danwei)

One World, One Dream (WSJ-blog)

Sarkozy decides to go to Olympics (BBC)

Beijing: this rubbish revolution won't be permanent (Times online)

China Changes Chief Representative Visa Policy (China Briefing)

Olympic Information Center: links on 8 July (2) (China Herald)