“Thirty-six million Chinese children”
That’s about ten percent of a weekly telecast audience of China’s version of America’s Got Talent, in which, you guessed it, western “popular” music and Chinese popular music written and performed in the western “popular” style dominate.
With regard to: “http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.html"; and its 36 million.
That represents about 10% if the weekly television audience of China’s version of Americas got talent, during which the “most popular” music is western “pop-rock-R&B-showtune” music and Chinese “popular” music in that style.
So, out of the 1 billion Chinese, how many are daily becoming familiar with “classical” western music and how many with “popular” western music? Sorry, even in China “popular” music has the edge.