Derek Scruggs

US Says China Must Address its Intentions: How it’s Power Will Be Used Is Of Concern
I just got back from a month in China. My wife is Chinese, so we stayed in the homes of friends & family, not hotels and tourist areas. Though that hardly makes me an expert, I feel like I got […]

As most people know, piracy is rampant in China. In addition to the hundreds of Mickey and Snoopy knock-offs, I also saw a huge billboard on the side of a clothing store that showed Bill Clinton shaking hands with the store’s owner. Something tells me they didn’t pay Bubba a promotional fee. And neither are these […]

Lately I’ve gotten more interested in what’s going on at the college level. Sites like Facebook, ManiaTV and CollegeHumor.com are attacking the 18–25 segment with gusto and having some success. The growth of media in the last 10–15 years has been staggering, and today’s students are smack in the middle of the biggest changes.
But what about all […]

I just returned last night from a month-long trip to China (more on that later). I was out of the country when Katrina hit and so didn’t experience the wall-to-wall media coverage that ensued. However, I did follow what was happening via Google News, so I think I have a reasonably good sense of the […]