In 2016, the Supreme People’s Court Monitor published 67 posts and had close to 30,000 page views, from 150 countries (regions), primarily from:

• United States;
• Hong Kong;
• (mainland) China; and
• Australia.

with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Singapore trailing. Unfortunately too many “Belt & Road” countries are at the bottom part of the list of 150 jurisdictions.

Over half of the Monitor followers use Twitter to follow the Monitor.Although Twitter is not accessible in mainland China without a VPN, 26% of the Monitor’s Twitter followers are based there.

I am often asked about the profile of my blog followers. Like my sister blog, China IPR, my followers include academics, students, journalists, government officials, judges (current or retired), staff of international organizations as well as practicing attorneys (in private practice, in-house, government service and with NGOs).  The Monitor has some email followers in (mainland) China but they generally keep a very low profile.

I am honored to have my blog listed as a Chinese law resource by law schools and other institutions around the world, including: Harvard and Yale Law Schools, and Oxford’s Bodleian Library.  Many thanks to those professors who have recommended the Monitor to students.  Thank you also to those journalists and scholars writing about the Chinese judiciary who have cited the Monitor.

Many thanks to those professors who have recommended the Monitor to students.  Thank you also to those journalists and scholars writing about the Chinese judiciary who have cited the Monitor.

I am honored to be a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the School of Transnational Law of Peking University (in Shenzhen).  We have outstanding students and I have excellent colleagues.

I am honored to have been invited to speak at quite a few conferences in 2016:

• one in Xiamen, organized by the Xiamen Maritime Court, sponsored by the Supreme People’s Court and Fujian Higher People’s Court, with support from the British Consulate General Guangzhou. It was not only international (with the London Maritime Arbitration Association) but included judges, in-house counsel, lawyers and academics.
• several conferences sponsored by the University of Hong Kong; one by the City University of Hong Kong; and one by the Chinese University of Hong Kong;
• University of Southern California’s US-China Institute’s China Card Institute (I recommend host Clay Dube’s presentation and Robert Schrum’s presentation in particular, available on the USC website and Youtube, both looking at the demonization of China and Chinese people in the US;

I was very happy to a be a guest lecturer in classes at:

• University of Hong Kong;
• Chinese University of Hong Kong;
• NYU Shanghai;
• Shanghai Jiaotong University and
• Fordham Law School.

Also it was a special honor to engage in dialogue with Professor Jerome Cohen at NYU Law School’s US-Asia Law Institute.

Finally, a particular thank you to certain members of the Chinese legal community:

• administrators of the Wechat public accounts that have published my articles;
• those who have translated those articles into Chinese;
• those Chinese judges and lawyers who shared their insights with my classes and with me; and
• those judges who arranged for me to visit their courts.

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