ABSTRACT
In 1989, Deng Xiaoping created four SEZs: Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong, and Xiamen in Fujian Province. In 1980, the SEZs became Special Export Zones. Continuing the process, in 1984, fourteen cities in coastal zones were given similar economic advantages and integrated into the SEZs. The SEZs are considered special because of their market freedom. The SEZs offer reduced tax rates to foreign investors and have greater freedom in their international trade activities. Along with drinking, eating, singing, and smoking, massage and sex were also sensorial pleasures that enhanced the powers of the self. These pleasures involved the consumption of goods and specialized services. Within Bourdieu's distinction model, the new entrepreneur would not know how to spend money and would not know how to be served because he or she would reproduce the proletarian habitus of working hard or avoiding waste.
