A Lovestruck Blogger, a Businessman, a 1-Year-Old Girl: Tales of China Eastern Flight Victims Emerge. As inquiry continues into fatal crash, China hasn’t released passengers’ identities; the story of ‘Mr. Red Bean’ Liza Lin FAN Wenxin Qianwei Zhang on.wsj.com/3LzcV7q

Rachel Liang Natasha Khan Reddy FAN Wenxin Jason Douglas In Shanghai, Vera Chan woke up Wednesday to the blissful sounds of neighbors drilling—a sign things are back to normal. Ms. Chan, who has three dogs, planned a get-together with other dog owners. “Honestly, I’m just excited for the dogs to run and play." on.wsj.com/3M6GgG3

Rachel Liang Raffaele Huang Reddy “Although Shanghai has officially entered a new phase where we are focusing on returning to normal business operations and life, the situation is still tough,” Wu Jinglei, director of the city’s health commission said Friday. on.wsj.com/3mwh8ON

Dan Strumpf Rachel Liang Chengdu officials said residents stuck indoors by Covid rules could leave homes if their lives were in danger—a statement that came after social media posts suggested people under stay-at-home orders were barred from leaving apartments following the quake. on.wsj.com/3ekfdvz

China tightened restrictions on domestic travel and urged people to stay home during coming holidays as authorities struggle to contain what state media called the most extensive Covid resurgence in the past two years. Dan Strumpf Rachel Liang Liyan Qi on.wsj.com/3QsDTj9

China’s air-safety regulators have met with Boeing to discuss the company’s 737 MAX, a move that the regulator’s official media outlet said signaled the jetliner could soon return to Chinese skies after more than three years. Rachel Liang Cao Li on.wsj.com/3BUx19Y

China’s first narrow-body jet has cleared a major regulatory hurdle to begin carrying passengers, marking a step forward in Beijing’s ambitions to challenge Boeing and Airbus, as well as a reality check for how far it still has to go. Rachel Liang on.wsj.com/3StozUY

A Boeing 737 MAX operated by MIAT Mongolian Airlines landed in China on Monday in what industry experts say is the jet’s first commercial flight in Chinese skies since Beijing grounded the plane in 2019. Rachel Liang on.wsj.com/3CIm5Nd

International flights are likely to rebound slowly after China lifted its Covid border restrictions, with industry experts suggesting it would take months for a strong recovery and even longer to return to prepandemic levels. Rachel Liang Dan Strumpf on.wsj.com/3kc6jmJ

Washington said it will allow Chinese carriers 12 round-trip U.S. flights a week, up from the current eight, leaving travel options between the world’s two biggest economies still significantly restricted. Rachel Liang wsj.com/articles/u-s-a…

Chinese tourists are slowly resuming international travel but it could take years for their numbers to hit prepandemic levels, holding back a hoped-for windfall for the global economy as Covid-19 memories fade. Jason Douglas Rachel Liang Feliz Solomon wsj.com/articles/world…

China’s homegrown C919 narrow-body passenger jet has taken off from Shanghai on its maiden commercial flight, in a small but symbolic challenge to the decades-old duopoly of Boeing and Airbus in one of their most important markets. Rachel Liang wsj.com/articles/china…

It's been a cruel summer for Hollywood in the world's second-largest movie market as Chinese moviegoers spurn U.S.-made movies, cementing a yearslong gravitation toward homegrown flicks. Erich Schwartzel Rachel Liang Zhao Yueling wsj.com/articles/not-e…

Erich Schwartzel Rachel Liang Zhao Yueling The story is on Friday's The Wall Street Journal front page: "Hollywood Movies Lose Gaze Of Chinese Audience"

The U.S.’s decision to double the number of direct flights it allows from China is a rare glimmer of light in an otherwise gloomy relationship. It also shows how far both sides must go before their ties return to prepandemic levels. Rachel Liang wsj.com/business/airli…

Chinese battery companies critical to electric vehicles are pursuing deals with U.S. free-trade partners S. Korea and Morocco, seeking to tap growing demand in America and bypass rules aimed at shutting them out of the market. Rachel Liang Liza Lin wsj.com/business/autos…

In recent years, chest-thumping war movies have grown more prominent at China's box office, elbowing out Hollywood with patriotic fare. Now, there are signs that a lack of novelty has led to fatigue starting to set in. Rachel Liang Yoko Kubota wsj.com/world/china/in…

Joey Jia watched the 2020 implosion of short-form video app Quibi and thought: I can do better. Now, his Chinese-backed app is a hit, briefly topping TikTok as the U.S.'s most downloaded entertainment app. Newley Purnell Rachel Liang wsj.com/arts-culture/t… wsj.com/arts-culture/t…

Two years after a Chinese passenger jet dived into the ground and killed all 132 people aboard, authorities said they are still probing what caused one of China’s deadliest plane crashes. Chun Han Wong 王春翰 Rachel Liang wsj.com/world/china/ch… wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Young Americans, fed up with U.S. social media's fake compliments and flagrant insults, are seeking something revolutionary: honest but civil feedback. And they’re turning to a Chinese app for it. (No, not TikTok.) Sha Hua 华沙 Rachel Liang Clarence Leong wsj.com/tech/personal-…