For you freaks obsessed with sales:

Pokemon wasn't available in China until gen 6. For every one of you who stops, there are 3 chineses kids who start playing the series.

Thanks to China's economic rise, you no longer matter. There are more of them than all of your countries combined.

You know what would happen if you somehow managed to sway public opinion against pokemon? They'd just set a region based in China and promote the games even harder there. That's it.

No matter which side you are on, you no longer matter.