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what are they doing right in China?

They are in many ways culturally where America was during the Gilded Age / ca. 1914. A growing and aspiring middle class. Their interest in classical music will fade too.

 

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Considering the recent inflection of the thread, I will allow myself to restore the idea of my first comment:

A book with a cover design straight from the 1960s, titled "...to Young Persons", and penned by a gentleman refered to as Earl MiddleName Hutchinson sounds uncool as sh...
anghai in the summer.

 

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That's just idiotic, sorry.

the previous idiotic ones about stages of economic development.

A foolish dismissal of economic factors in the discussion of social habits looks a bit less embarassing when one uses a polite language.

 

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Extracurricular music lessons offered at schools can be beneficial, but the idea that children should be required to learn to play instruments (or learn music theory) at a public institution is tyrannical. The amount of unnecessary things children are forced to do should be minimized.