SUM Dissertations & Theses No. 05/2003 The construction of Beijing as an Olympic City Heidi Østbø Haugen ‘Beijing Olympic Bid Succeeded!’ Special issue of People’s Daily released immediately after the IOC’s decision was announced, 13 July 2001. People celebrating Beijing’s victory at Tiananmen Square. (Both photos by the author.) Thesis in partial fulfillment of the Cand. Polit. degree in Human Geography Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, May 2003