This was taken near the sand dunes which are rapidly approaching Beijing. Wanton deforestation during the Great Leap Forward has lead to desertification, and the encroaching Gobi Desert has many Chinese worried. This picture is of a sunbaked Chinaman who makes a living taking tourists around the sand dunes on horseback - for which he charges an exorbitant fee by Chinese standards. Capitalism is very much alive in "Communist" China.