The
car includes
luxury features such
as Hi - Fi sound, private safes, widescreen
TVs, phones, and a refrigerator.
Western type restaurants and coffee shops are
as common on the streets of Beijing,
as international brands of clothing and other products — Goods and services previously seen
as luxuries —
TVs, mobile phones and
cars — have now become necessities... However, the price is paid in the form of degradation of many ecosystem services and the exacerbation of inequities and disparities between people.»