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The Chinese phrase "singing red songs" is changhong.

Bo's "Striking Black" policy is seen by one commentator as a "political ploy designed to cast a negative light on his predecessor and political opponent, Wang Yang, and take advantage of popular resentment against corruption". Now, Mr. Wang is being reevaluated as the "hope among China's leadership".

The more controversial crypto-Maoist campaign of singing red songs concerts is also likely to be stopped. However, because of the economic redistribution, the Chongqing Model has received grassroots and popular support. At least in this regard, the Chongqing Model will likely be remembered and studied.

On June 29, 2010, at the World Cities Summit in Singapore, Mayor Huang Qifan, the successor to Bo, signaled that the red polices of Bo were changing when he said "a subsidized public housing project designed to free up more money for people to consume and drive the economy” will continue and will be based on Singapore's Housing Development Board. Furthermore, Huang said, “We are pursuing the Reagan-Thatcher model of the 1980s.”

Yang Fan, who is a conservative-leaning scholar at China University of Political Science and and co-author of the book The Chongqing Model, wrote that he might have to reappraise the "Chongqing way of doing things" and "since a big scandal has hit Chongqing, it is imperative that we take a second look at the Chongqing Model".

Wu Jinglian, a Chinese liberal economist, and Sun Jian, a researcher at the Communist party journal ''Seeking Truth'', warned that vested interest blocs, such as the Gang of Princelings, should not block or unwind current reform.

Zhou Lian, an associate professor of philosophy at Renmin University of China, and Ai Weiwei, an artist in Beijing, have publicly criticized Bo and his Chongqing Model for being wrong and lowering trust. Li Zhuang, a lawyer who was imprisoned as part of the "Striking Black" policy, said that "the Chongqing model is problematic because the city's leaders do not follow the rule of law". According to Andrew J. Nathan, a political scientist at Columbia University, "the risk for China is that this scandal could taint everyone in power and challenge the legitimacy of the regime". Furthermore, he said, “All the worst things you ever imagined are actually true” and “It’s not like nobody knew about this stuff, but now they know that it really is true and it’s as bad as it can possibly be.”

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