but the latest case was particularly shocking, since the printing company boss openly stated that poor people's lives are worth nothing and used violence to humilimate the worker. Reported online, the event triggered an uproar among netizones. Most of them vented their fury at the rising class of private entrepreneurs, accusing them of being heartless before, during and after the course of becoming rich. Private ownership no longer regarded as a capitalist sin, the reform drive over the past two decades has generated a large number of entrepreneurs. However, the rapidly widening wealth gap between the rich and the poor has led to grievances simmering just below the surface. The occasional media reports revealing the unscrupulous means used by the nouveau rich to build their wealth have prompted the public to question the legality of their fortunes. Such resentment is causing concern among some economists and officials. They have warned against amood of resentment toward the wealthy and said that looking into the orginal sin of private ontrepreneurs is tantamount to negating the reform drive.