This has been an interesting little debate to watch unfold, but it appears that nearly everyone is looking at as though it were the UK.
I have no experience of China as such (just Hong Kong, prior to the end of the lease..), however I think that a lot of these technical observations would be looked at with incredulity by the relevant locals......In India they have rules of the road (I think...) but they certainly aren't apparent when you drive there! The rule has always been if you are on the road, look out, if you encounter anything bigger than you, you're fair game..
My experience of these places has always been this:-
1 - don't get in the way of anything, unless you can reincarnate yourself.
2 - arguing afterwards is pointless (see (1) above).
3 - treat every other road user (including pedestrians, pigs, goats, dogs, elephants (especially elephants

) as potential hazards.
4 - you are safer in the hands of Osama Bin Laden than near a bus or truck, especially on a narrow track!
5 - Don't waste your breathe on the technicalities, don't trust anything moving to do only the expected, give 'em a wide berth. Arguing from your wheelchair afterwards just isn't cool!
I think we're all rather spoilt here. The rest of the world just isn't British
They don't do rules like we do, supermarket queues, fish and chips or polite discussions after the event!
Remember "The Hill Street Blues? - 'Let's be careful out there'"
Cheers, Phil