Wang Du (Chinese: 王度, born 1956) is a contemporary Chinese artist who focuses on three-dimensional painted objects. Traditionally trained in Guangzhou, he now lives and has his studio in Paris. His works show strong influences of contemporary Western art and culture, and represent his own notions of modernity and development, and his personal relationship with both China and the West.
The artwork was created in 2007 by modelling an enlargement made of clay of a crumpled sheet of newspaper. The newspaper is taken from the Chinese daily newspaper "China Daily" and contains news items about the preparation of the Olympic Games which took place in Beijing in 2008.