Ba Changrui, deputy party chief of Jiuxianqiao, which includes the slums as well as Dashanzi and its now arty factories, says he is angry with the Chinese media for portraying this as a referendum.

• 酒仙桥党委（贫民区和现在的潮流地带大山子均为其辖区）副书记巴长瑞对媒体形容此次事件为公投甚为不喜。