Cheap and cheerful, give me an earful of those ukulele songs
A plucky little lute is indeed making a big comeback in the West and is flooding into China during its "third wave".
The humble ukulele has risen in esteem to the point it plays second fiddle perhaps only to the guitar, among strummed instruments.
In a scene so cliched that it'd be corny writing if it were a movie, I first encountered the ukulele in the land of its origin, Hawaii.