[14] Feminist Encounters praised the thoroughness of Bao's examination, calling the book a "wonderful and timely contribution to the studies of art, film, media.

"[15] Dr. Lisa Rofel at UC Santa Cruz appreciated how groundbreaking Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China was, highlighting Bao's unique perspective.

Bao's poetry has also been praised, with Dr. Gregory Woods, the author of A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition, calling The Passion of the Rabbit God a "brilliant, liberating debut.

Dr. Chris Berry of King's College London commented that the legacy of the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality would be enduring.

"[19] Dr. Ari Heinrich of the Australian National University predicted that Queer Literature in the Sinosphere would "become required reading in classrooms centering LGBTQ material from around the world.

[21] Kimiko Suda of WagREV called Queer/Tongzhi China: New Perspectives on Research, Activism and Media Cultures a "great overview" of its topic.

[8] He commented on how Chinese national rhetoric is inclined toward correlating homosexuality and queerness with capitalism and "bourgeois decadence" for the South China Morning Post.

[9] Bao spoke on an online ban on queer speech to Times Higher Education and its harrowing effect on communities.