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===610 Office===

===610 Office===

Under Xi Jinping the [[610 Office]] changed its name, but is still commonly referred to as the 610 Office. The office was originally the creature of a rival CCP faction headed by former CCP boss [[Jiang Zemin]], but in an alleged "anti-corruption, reform campaign," Xi replaced Jiang cronies with his own and changed the agency's name.

Under Xi Jinping the [[610 Office]] changed its name to the Central Leading Group on Preventing and Dealing with Heretical Religions, but is still commonly known as the 610 Office. The [[610 Office]] is the main organization created to eliminate Falun Gong and is similar to [[Nazi Germany]]’s [[Gestapo]],<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=610+office&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CaTgbTS0lwdKImDI8MzVwg5ieby7coLKB55Y38Il6Uf4LSOU5BKWR6DhUCVUrUVTHZMWrfkIQ9QzZ95REgSXMwBTtBjk4WjdFOEQnSdJhmkWXK6qnTUoRWTTBhP71MRr5NQZqUUwNfokYrMqEgnI8MzVwg5ieRFO6zJ2DoP3jSoSCby7coLKB55YEU7rMnYOg_1eNKhIJ38Il6Uf4LSMRTusydg6D940qEgmU5BKWR6DhUBFO6zJ2DoP3jSoSCSVUrUVTHZMWEU7rMnYOg_1eNKhIJrfkIQ9QzZ94RzvQIkOPrUr4qEglREgSXMwBTtBHO9AiQ4-tSvioSCRjk4WjdFOEQEbOXi0254iA5KhIJnSdJhmkWXK4RzvQIkOPrUr4qEgmqnTUoRWTTBhGzl4tNueIgOSoSCRP71MRr5NQZEbOXi0254iA5KhIJqUUwNfokYrMR8Jk7TX2bxnlhx-bsD10kW9o&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCo6vB4v3pAhXQKs0KHQujCbYQuIIBegQIARA6&biw=1280&bih=881&dpr=1 Google images]</ref>  The office was originally the creature of a rival CCP faction headed by former CCP boss [[Jiang Zemin]], but in an alleged "anti-corruption, reform campaign," Xi replaced Jiang cronies with his own and changed the agency's name.

Between 2018 and 2019, structural reforms under current Chinese leader Xi Jinping led to the nominal disbandment of the 610 Office and two related security organizations. But the reform also called for the 610 Office’s functions to be merged into the Chinese police force, as well as a powerful Communist Party organ, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (PLAC).  According to analysts, scrapping the Office represented a move by Xi to further consolidate his power over the regime security forces, which had been dominated by a rival faction of former party boss Jiang Zemin allies throughout the 2000s.<ref>https://sinoinsider.com/2018/03/politics-watch-decoding-chinas-party-and-state-institutional-reforms/</ref>

Between 2018 and 2019, structural reforms under current Chinese leader Xi Jinping led to the nominal disbandment of the 610 Office and two related security organizations. But the reform also called for the 610 Office’s functions to be merged into the Chinese police force, as well as a powerful Communist Party organ, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (PLAC).  According to analysts, scrapping the Office represented a move by Xi to further consolidate his power over the regime security forces, which had been dominated by a rival faction of former party boss Jiang Zemin allies throughout the 2000s.<ref>https://sinoinsider.com/2018/03/politics-watch-decoding-chinas-party-and-state-institutional-reforms/</ref>