Rafting the Jiuqu River offers a magnificent view of the green mountains and dramatic rocks in Wuyishan, Fujian province. PENG SHAN'AN/HUANG HAI/QIU RUQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Chen Jia's face was awash with a grin for all of the roughly 90-minute raft journey down the Jiuqu River that gurgles through a valley beneath the Wuyi Mountains in late December. The air hung …
How the drowning of a Black boy led to two weeks of racist violence and exposed the segregation at the heart of Chicago. But the city’s white residents expected Black Chicagoans to confine themselves to just one of these – the 26th Street beach. On the South Side, most Black residents headed to the “Black beach” at 25th Street, while …
