China Visa slow-down

Dan Harris of China Law Blog recently discussed (in two parts) rumors indicating that the PRC has slowed down visa applications due to 6521 fears.  In corresponding with the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce, however, they indicated to me that there were no hold-ups in visa processing applications...until yesterday.  But as of yesterday, the Chinese Consulate suspended expedited visa processing and now requires a declaration that shows where you have been in the past two weeks, presumably because of concerns for the swine flu.