Why pay TV licence? I watch Korean drama, Japanese drama, Taiwan
drama, Hong Kong daram for FREE on the internet of course from
others people Blogs too. Just pass around your thumbs
drive
I had taken Shanghai Metro their subway train, and BRT Bus and
Tube, well it is exactly like taking a ride on our
Singapore MRT trains. I heard Singaporeans often complain about too
many China citzens working and living in Singapore.
Over here in Shanghai you had no diffculty in spotting out
(Breadtalks shops) that operate 100% like StarBucks. In fact
there are plenty of Singaporean working here, and investing
their business here. This is the New Trend in a Globalized
World, on one hand you lose a little, on the other hand you gain al
ittle, which result in a win-win situation
Yes, the tv network in china is akin to that of the states.
Their country's big compared to Singapore. 
Your 2nd para is totally out of the point. We're talking about
'tv license fee' here; not about the big picture