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It is my impression that despite initiatives like Kylin and Deepin, most of China is still on Windows. Am I wrong?

They adopting Linux would mean their hardware would work with it and developers targeting the Chinese market would have to make their programs work on Linux. That's all I'm hoping for.

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I was pretty sure you're correct, but I double checked just to be sure [0]. I've read an article about the rampancy of piracy in China and Microsoft earning next-to-nothing. Last I remember is they're just leaving them alone, while trying to develop a new way to profit off of them.

[0] ~ http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/china/2016

WinXP is pretty much is a "national OS" by default.

Loaded to the top with antiviruses and other crapware to keep it running.

Why XP? Too much hardware comes with XP only drivers. Too much important stuff like tax/bank software was written decades ago for XP, and never ported to never OSes because developers moved on years ago.

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