Over the last 30-some years, to deal with a shortage of food for a teeming population, the Chinese Communists have been filling in lakes and clearing away forests to create new farmland. The result of the people's labor, however, has been flooding, desertification, and a host of other environmental problems.
近卅年來，中共為瞭解決人口過剩、糧食不足的難題，在「以糧為鋼」的政策下，圍湖造田、砍伐森林，農民辛辛苦苦把滄海變成桑田的結果，卻造成「長江變黃河」（江水變黃）、「東北變西北」（沙漠東移）等種種無法解決的生態問題。