Common agreement seems to be that Baby's First Harmonica is the Hohner Blues Band in the key of C: simple, readily available, and low sunk cost. If I can muster the focus to persevere beyond the 101 point, what sort of harmonica (ideally <~$50 USD) might lend itself to the scales characteristic of Chinese traditional music (or modern Cpop songs drawing thereupon?)
Why? Reasons.