A post on X claimed that Yang Lanlan’s real name is Xi Minglan, and that she is Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter. (Online image)
[People News] The mystery surrounding the Chinese wealthy woman, Yang Lanlan’s identity, has become an international focus. After extensive online digging, many netizens suspect Yang Lanlan is Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter. A media figure revealed that China’s Ministry of Public Security has reportedly declared: for the next three months, no one is allowed to investigate Yang Lanlan—whoever does will be jailed.
1. The “Stand-in” Theory
On the 15th, Yang Lanlan was required to appear in an Australian court due to a car accident case. However, she did not appear in person and attended the hearing via video link. Her lawyer conveyed that she had not yet decided whether to plead guilty and requested more time from the court, while also waiting for the court to provide more evidence.
Media personality “Youliao” predicted: if Australian police procedures in providing evidence are deemed illegal, the case could be downgraded from criminal to civil, and eventually be resolved with compensation.
The Daily Mail Australia reported that on Wednesday afternoon, Yang Lanlan, wearing a mask and dressed in a full Chanel outfit worth over AUD 23,000, was accompanied by her driver to a bank, where she withdrew a large sum of cash at an ATM.
Previously, Yang Lanlan had kept an extremely low profile. On the 13th, however, she suddenly allowed herself to be photographed by reporters, deliberately withdrawing cash from an ATM—a behaviour at odds with her supposed “billionaire” status. This has fueled suspicion that she was attempting to cover up her identity as Xi Jinping’s “second princess.”
Netizens compared photos from the car accident scene with her later appearances and commented:
“Everyone should remember the very first photo of Yang Lanlan that reporters captured. Afterwards, she always appeared wearing a mask and glasses. But she looked completely different—her figure had changed, and even her eyes were totally different. It’s clearly not the same person. A stand-in has already taken her place.”
2. Wang Xiaohong Steps In to Conceal Yang Lanlan’s Identity
Leaked posts on X alleged that Yang Lanlan’s real name is Xi Minglan, Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter. One netizen commented, “No wonder Xi Jinping revised the law so that illegitimate children can inherit assets. His paternal affection for Yang Lanlan surpasses even that for Xi Mingze.”
Commentator Liu Zheng revealed: he consulted friends in China’s Ministry of Public Security about the Yang Lanlan case. Their response: “For the next three months, no one is allowed to investigate Yang Lanlan. Whoever investigates will go to jail.” When Liu Zheng asked in shock, “Is it that serious?” his contact replied: “You know what I mean.”
“You know what I mean” is CCP official jargon—an implication of under-the-table operations, signalling that it is common knowledge. In other words, this tacitly confirmed Yang Lanlan’s identity as Xi’s second daughter.
Meanwhile, the program Da Bao Dynasty exposed that Jonathan, the Australia-based netizen who first reported that Yang Lanlan was a “red second generation,” publicly stated on X that he had been threatened by the CCP police across borders. The Da Bao Dynasty noted, “False rumours are usually ignored by the CCP. When the Ministry of Public Security takes action, it’s because the rumour is true.” The show further analysed: “Yang Lanlan’s ties to China Railway Group, and her control over Australian iron ore distribution rights, are genuine.”
Multiple sources all point in the same direction: since the Ministry of Public Security is directly managing the narrative, Yang Lanlan’s identity as Xi family is essentially confirmed.
But why the three-month ban on investigating her? This also appears suspicious. The CCP announced it would convene the Fourth Plenum in October. Three months from now, it will be over. With widespread rumours that Xi Jinping’s power is shaky and that he might retire or semi-retire at the plenum, it seems very likely that Wang Xiaohong, at Xi’s behest, is cracking down hard on online discussions before the meeting, to prevent Yang Lanlan’s true identity and immense wealth from becoming ammunition for Xi’s opponents.
3. Yang Lanlan’s Astonishing Wealth May Be Linked to the Rong Yiren Family
Yang Lanlan’s wealth is even more shocking than her alleged identity as Xi’s second daughter. Reportedly, after her car accident, she immediately posted AUD 70 million (≈ RMB 3.27 billion) as bail. Some even claim she holds over AUD 270 billion (≈ RMB 1.26 trillion) in deposits.
Sceptics asked why her vast assets were not exposed along with the car accident case. Legal analyst Du Wen explained that under Australian law, courts must first verify bail payments against account balances to ensure legality.
Jonathan—the Australia-based netizen who leaked the story—wrote: Yang Lanlan’s English name is Wendy Yang. He has a friend named Sun Ta, also in the Australian iron ore business. According to him, Wendy is in charge of selling quotas for Australian iron ore mines to actual business owners. Just one round of quota allocation yields immense profits.
This echoes the case of Li Xiaolin (daughter of former premier Li Peng), who once controlled electricity allocation in China. The mechanism: between power plants (producers) and consumers (households and businesses), an intermediary electricity company was inserted, extracting fees with no cost basis. The CCP described this as “resource redistribution,” but in reality, it was state-sanctioned rent-seeking.
Previously, the Australian iron ore business was tied to the Rong Yiren family. An Epoch Times article titled “The Shame and Fortune of China’s Red Capitalist Family: The Rong Clan Emigrates to North America” recounts how, after the Cultural Revolution, the CCP desperately needed economic development. Deng Xiaoping personally named Rong Yiren to “return to service.”
In 1985, Rong Yiren joined the CCP under strict secrecy, with Xi Zhongxun as his introducer. Deng arranged for him to serve as PRC Vice President from 1993 to 1998—the highest post of his career.
Rong Yiren had four daughters and one son. Since Rong once served as Vice President of the PRC, his only son, Rong Zhijian, like other children of senior CCP officials, was regarded as a member of the “princeling” class and a frequent guest of the regime—much like former Premier Li Peng’s children, who held power within the electricity sector.
Rong Zhijian was formerly chairman of CITIC Pacific, a Hong Kong–listed subsidiary of CITIC. In 2009, CITIC Pacific suffered catastrophic losses from foreign exchange speculation and came under investigation by the Hong Kong police. The CCP’s People’s Daily ran an article titled “Farewell, Rong Zhijian,” mocking that the once-prominent third generation of the Rong family was now exiting the CCP stage.
Back in 2007, CITIC Pacific raised funds for an iron ore project in Western Australia by signing highly leveraged foreign-exchange derivative contracts, mainly targeting AUD/USD forward contracts. After the 2008 financial crisis, the exchange rate plunged from around 0.98 to 0.60, turning their hedge into a massive loss.
Ordinarily, international trade should be settled in local currency or one’s own national currency; even with exchange rate fluctuations, losses would be limited. Warning signs of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis were already evident by 2007, yet the Rong family used leverage and settled in U.S. dollars, greatly increasing trade risk—an error ordinary businesspeople would rarely make. In interviews, the family described it as their “only mistake in a hundred years,” hinting that someone had deliberately set a trap to force the Rong family off the stage.
4. Wen Jiabao Plants the Tree, Xi Jinping Picks the Fruit
An Epoch Times article, “The Fall of China’s Biggest Red Capitalist Family,” analysed that CITIC Group functioned as a CCP “intelligence hub” in Hong Kong. Then-premier Wen Jiabao allegedly engineered the forex scandal to weaken the family’s influence and neutralise CCP security networks.
At the end of 2012, Xi Jinping took power and launched his sweeping “anti-corruption” campaign. Wearing the mask of “clean governance,” Xi simultaneously eliminated rivals and consolidated power. Yang Lanlan’s sudden exposure lays bare his true nature.
According to Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) statistics, since Xi took office, 4.7 million CCP members have been disciplined for corruption. Over 500 officials at the vice-ministerial level or above have been purged. In 2023 alone, 612,000 people were disciplined. In 2024, 888,000 people were disciplined.
But the question remains: why are some punished while others enjoy impunity—or even ascend to power? No wonder people quip that Xi once summed up China’s bureaucracy with a sigh:
“Not a single real man among them.”
(First published by People News)
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