Frog spirit at the Great Wall of China

Terry Trofholz '03 took his TCU spirit to the Great Wall of China in May with his eMBA class. "Proud to be a Frog in China and get a global perspective on business," Trofholz wrote us. "China is fascinating right now given their recent booming economy, and it was great to see it first-hand with fellow Frogs."

TCU students focused on learning about Chinese business practices, including the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Asia while also developing a process and framework for understanding issues and opportunities related to international business in any geographic context.

"Specifically, I was most interested in the fall/scandal surrounding the powerful former Minister of Commerce,  Bo Xilai," he wrote. "Is China really a good place to start a business given the communist government's control over the Chinese economy, the potential bubble surrounding the Chinese economy, the non-existent protection of intellectual property, the laws forbidding foreigners from learning and practicing Chinese law, and the government's firewall that blocks websites like Facebook and Twitter?"

Trofholz, who hit a TCU record .441 and was a second-team All-American outfielder on the TCU Baseball team in 2002, is on track to earn an MBA in December 2012. 

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