Derek Scruggs

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 […]

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m exploring business opportunities in China. I’ve been informally learning about the country ever since I met my wife three years ago. Over the last 10 months or so I’ve been more serious about it. On August 11 I leave for a month-long trip to China see it up close. I […]

As some of you may know, I’m very interested in doing business in China. Earlier this year my wife (who is Chinese) and I set up Escalan Beijing, an online marketing company that helps Chinese companies with pay per click marketing.
This company is run by my wife’s cousin, but we are now considering moving […]

A friend of mine is exploring a business opportunity in China. He does not speak Mandarin and plans to stay in the US, so he’s looking for someone in China (preferably Shanghai) who: 

 Is experienced in marketing to Chinese consumers 
 Speaks English well 
 Is comfortable with the Internet and ideally Internet marketing

If this is you or somebody […]

My wife Dong, who runs HappyMudan, is from China. I’ve always been interested in travelling to and understanding other cultures, so she’s indulged my interest in spades just by answering my stupid questions (”Do they have Christmas in China? What’s a typical Chinese breakfast? Are there pizza parlors in China?”)
Anyway, one shared interest we have […]

A few months ago I decided to learn to speak Chinese. My wife is from mainland China, and we would like to live there someday. After looking a lot of possible programs, we chose Pimsleur’s Mandarin Chinese. I use the cassette course , but there’s also a CD version.
Here’s why a like Pimsleur so much:

The […]