Olympic Information Center: links on 1 July

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All Olympic conversation, apart from the sport

- Chinese police reopen investigation into girl's death after huge protests | World news | guardian.co.uk

- China bans polluting cars ahead of Olympics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

- PLA joins battle against traffic | - SCMP

- Christine Lu posted a message on Twitter

“Interviewing Mike Stengel today. VP of Marriott. 15 years of investing in China guanxi puts them way ahead of the curve on many levels.”

“@christinelu You should ask him about the occupation rate in Beijing and elsewhere for the coming months!”

Christine Lu posted a message on Twitter

“@FonsTuinstra good question. his focus is on capturing the growing outbound Chinese tourism to the US but hoping to ask about Olympics.

- Visa news, take 307 (Shanghaiist)

- China says visa policy changes to ensure safe Olympics (Xinhua)

- Tourist numbers fall in China's Olympic year (Cater Search)

- China tightens visa restrictions as Olympics near (LA Times)

- Visa trouble deepens (Time blog)

- “rt @DavidFeng Facebook blocked. Retrying over China Mobile. I have a reroute in any case.”

- China scurries to quell social tensions before Olympics - 06/30/2008 - MiamiHerald.com

- Managing The Dragon » Blog Archive » Olympic Update

- Shanghai Scrap » A Gift for BOCOG: An Even Greener Olympics

- Olympic Information Center: links on 30 June