<p>It's the late 1980s and the Chinese economic reform is in full swing. The newest province - Hainan - Has just been formed and is granted status as the largest Special Economic&nbsp;Zone of China (SEZ) by the central government attracting many companies as well as young and ambitious graduates around the country to pursue their dreams of a better life&nbsp;forming a fascinating 1980s movement of 'Hainan Heat'. Twenty-seven-year-old Kathy Liao with a university degree of literature and management takes a two-week holiday in&nbsp;Haikou the tropical coastal capital of Hainan province to see what life the SEZ can offer. She sends a letter of introduction given by a friend who is a secretary of the mayor&nbsp;of her hometown to the general secretary of the municipal government of Haikou who opens the door of the SEZ for her. Kathy becomes a newspaper journalist before her two-week&nbsp;holiday is over. Her life is then overtaken by a series of twists both emotional and professional. She falls in love with handsome and smart CEO who has boundless prospects and&nbsp;is married. Kathy is at the peak of her career in PR at the China branch of the multinational group who is about to develop a major national pilot programme in South China when&nbsp;the Tiananmen Square event takes place resulting in a widely teaming up Economic Sanctions by the West. How will the grim sanction directly affect her little world? will she&nbsp;survive?</p>