Escape or encouragement? The role of media entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic in China by Deya Xu, Ge Zhu, Fang Wu, Zhiwei Xu

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Correction: Escape or encouragement? The role of media entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic in China by Deya Xu, Ge Zhu, Fang Wu, Zhiwei Xu

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a retrospective multicenter study by Yuqian Zhang, Chenglei Su, Yang Zhang, Shuo Ding, Xianliang Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Zhimin Tao

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Isolating the net effect of multiple government interventions with an extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) framework: empirical evidence from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China by Jie Liu, Boya Gao, Helen Xiaohui Bao, Zhenwu Shi

“…Objective By using a data-driven statistical approach, we isolated the net effect of multiple government interventions that were simultaneously implemented during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China.Design, data sources and eligibility criteria We gathered epidemiological data and government interventions data of nine cities with local outbreaks during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China. …”
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K-12 teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of online EFL teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Zou Bin, Chen Xinyi, Sun Weifeng

“…This research explores the effectiveness of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching at the primary and secondary school levels during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The research tools comprise questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. …”
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A comparative study of perceptions and experiences of online Chinese language learners in China and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic by Wang Yanlin, Zhan Hong, Liu Shijuan

“…This study compared the perceptions and experiences of 173 students studying Chinese as a foreign language in universities online during the COVID-19 pandemic in China and the United States. Controlling students’ previous diversity of Chinese course delivery modes across countries and Chinese language levels, three two-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were conducted to compare differences among three dependent variables: 1) satisfaction towards online classes; 2) self-perceived learning effectiveness online versus onsite; and 3) willingness to take a virtual Chinese course in the future. …”
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Online profiling of volunteers in public health emergencies: insights from COVID-19 in China by Hongzhou Shen, Qirui Chen, Changcheng Li

“…To validate the feasibility of the model, an empirical study was conducted using Weibo data from 1,070 volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China, resulting in the online profiling of these volunteers. …”
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