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>If Honk Kong and Seoul were able to export...

This is true and it's true in SEAsia. In Japan, SK culture has pervaded TV and entertainment, moreso than American Entertainment. Go to Taipei and you can see the evidence of Japanese culture (well, this is two-pronged, Japanese legacy on the island as well as youth culture) along with SK culture. The only place American culture might have the upper hand in SEAsia is in blockbuster movies --but that's a minority of movies shown or seen.

In Africa, lots of the entertainment, while English language, is Nigerian English with Nigerian TV and music being very influential.




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