Don't ignore the fact that most Western stringed instruments... piano,
violin, banjo, etc... descended from Chinese, and other Asian (including
Afghanistani) influences... my guess is that Western music also influenced
all those plucking and string instruments in China over the 20th century...
just based on how much Chinese musical instruments have changed in the past
100 years.
You change the instruments, you are certain to change the music.
Ray Bayles