And the winds continue on southward. In May 1986, the New China News Agency reported the first case of desertification south of the Yangtze, including a 48-km.- long "sand dragon" which is swallowing up cropland.
風繼續向南吹，「青山隱隱水迢迢，秋盡江南草未凋」的情景，也愈來愈只能從詩中遙想。一九八六年五月新華社首次發佈江南水鄉沙漠化的新聞。