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It looks at the roles of, first, the nation-state, through an analysis of the promotional materials; second, the art world and global companies, through an analysis of the touring exhibition “Sport in Art” and the Beijing art district 798; and third, the Western press and activists, through a brief analysis of the critique of the Games in the Netherlands and the Chinese response to that critique. Our analysis shows that the imageries promoting the Games are never fully under control of their producers. The Beijing Olympics, we argue, should be perceived as a field of contestation, in which conflicting discourses, constituted by different regimes of truth produced by distinct interest groups, vie for global attention.(Manuscript received February 25, 2008; accepted for publication April 1, 2008) Keywords: China, Beijing Olympics, media, art The Authors Jeroen de Kloet is assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amster- dam and works on the cultural implications of globalisation in China. E-Mail: [email protected] Gladys Pak Lei Chong is pursuing a PhD program in the Department of Media Studies, University