Landlords of the world, unite!

IT HAD all the trappings of real political protest: huge signs with hand-painted Chinese characters screaming out about injustice and blood debts, angry crowds marching in the streets of the capital, and sporadic outbreaks of violence as hundreds of frustrated protesters charged a hefty brick wall and battered it to pieces. China's disenfranchised masses rising up against the system? Not quite. Instead, they were the rich and nearly rich, acting to protect their wealth.