Surveys conducted in September 2009 at a Thai university , suggest that many Korean music groups now have a similar degree of name recognition to home-grown acts. Almost every respondent could name one or more Korean artists and a slight majority ranked K-Pop as their preferred music. Japanese groups tended to have more of a cult following but awareness of the influence of J-Pop was universal. Significantly, not one respondent could name a current Chinese act, although The China Dolls was incorrectly cited by some.