Beijing Garrison “Top-Secret Intelligence” Leaks Yang Lanlan’s True Identity?

Xi Jinping and Yang Lanlan (Online image)

[People News] In recent weeks, 23-year-old Chinese-Australian woman Yang Lanlan has become the focus of international public opinion. Beyond her astonishing wealth at such a young age, her mysterious identity has prompted online users to dig deep into her background. The world is searching for answers about her origins. Recently, democracy activist Sheng Xue revealed a piece of top-secret intelligence on her X (formerly Twitter) account. In an interview, Sheng said the leak came from a source within the Beijing Garrison compound — a former elementary school classmate — and that the information proves Yang Lanlan is a member of the Xi family, “most likely Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter.”

On August 18, Sheng Xue’s post on X went viral.

In the post, she disclosed that Yang Lanlan flew from Sydney to Hong Kong International Airport on the night of March 8, 2025. Three luxury vehicles picked her up, one of which was a Lexus Alphard minivan. She did not remain in Hong Kong but went directly to Shenzhen, where she stayed at the Shenzhen Guest House and met with Qi Xin, Xi Jinping’s mother. Sheng described Yang Lanlan and Qi Xin as bearing a “striking resemblance,” and noted Qi Xin’s evident affection for her. Yang’s mother, Sheng added, is from Guangdong.

Sheng concluded that the fact Yang Lanlan could directly enter the Guest House and personally meet Qi Xin confirms she is a significant member of the Xi family — “most likely Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter.” She emphasized the reliability of the intelligence, but said she could not provide further details in order to protect the source.

Sheng also highlighted the unique nature of the Shenzhen Guest House, which is under the joint jurisdiction of the Central Guard Bureau and the Guangdong Provincial Guard System. Its security and confidentiality levels are extremely high — it is not an ordinary five-star hotel. Even provincial- or ministerial-level officials are not qualified to stay there long-term; it is reserved only for central leadership families.

Earlier, an online user named “Rock’s Criticism” claimed Yang Lanlan’s real name was Xi Minglan, born in Hangzhou in 2002 to a mother who was an actress in the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe. The delivering doctor was Huang Hefeng, then director of the Children’s Hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University. Xi Jinping’s known daughter is named Xi Mingze.

In reality, Australia has long been something of a “paradise” for the Xi family. Before the global CRS (Common Reporting Standard) tax framework was implemented, Australia was one of the most important destinations for the Xi family and other Chinese “red nobility” to allocate assets. Australia offered a stable legal system, generous investment immigration policies, and favorable tax arrangements for foreign asset holders.

In the 1990s, after Xi Jinping’s younger brother Xi Yuanping left his government position as Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Foreign Trade and Economic Commission to go into business, he joined PetroChina. Later, as a director of PetroChina’s Hong Kong company, he secured Hong Kong residency just before the 1997 handover.

Soon afterward, Xi Yuanping, Xi Jinping’s second sister Qi An’an, and her husband Wu Long obtained Australian permanent residency. Today, Xi Jinping’s second sister’s family lives in Melbourne.

Xi Jinping’s uncle Qi Ruixin, Qi Xin’s younger brother, also immigrated to Australia. Qi Ruixin had served as Party Secretary of China National Gold Corporation and Party Secretary of the People’s Armed Police Gold Command.

Qi Ruixin’s son Qi Ming, Xi Jinping’s cousin, was once arrested by Australian police on money-laundering charges. Internal documents from Melbourne’s Crown Casino revealed that Qi Ming was classified as a VVIP. The records showed that between June 2012 and the following 18 months, he spent about 41 million AUD, ranking among the casino’s top 50 biggest-spending clients.

Notably, just before the Yang Lanlan scandal began to spread, on August 5, the CCP lifted a 15-year ban on Australian apple imports. Then, as news of Yang’s astronomical bail circulated online, on August 8 the CCP abruptly extended a 14.2 billion RMB (USD 2 billion) loan to Australian iron ore giant Fortescue. CCP media described this as the first-ever RMB loan in Australia.

Was this major strategic concession by Beijing directly related to the Yang Lanlan affair — or merely a coincidence in timing? Regardless, these moves strengthened speculation about Yang’s familial ties to the Xi clan.

Journalist Liu Zheng further confirmed these suspicions: he revealed that when he asked a contact inside China’s Ministry of Public Security about Yang Lanlan, the response was that no one is allowed to investigate her for three months — anyone who did would be imprisoned. Shocked, Liu asked, “Really, to that extent?” The reply was: “You know.”

“You know” (ni dong de) is CCP political jargon indicating secretive internal operations — essentially confirming that Yang Lanlan is indeed “Xi’s second princess.”

Why the three-month no-investigation period?

The CCP announced that its Fourth Plenum will convene in October. By then, three months would have passed. Amid swirling rumors that Xi Jinping’s power is unstable, and speculation that he may retire or semi-retire at the plenum, it is likely that Xi’s trusted ally Wang Xiaohong, acting on Xi’s orders, is cracking down hard on online dissent before the meeting — to prevent Yang Lanlan’s true identity and massive wealth from being used as leverage by Xi’s political opponents.

The first Australian netizen to identify Yang Lanlan as a “third-generation red aristocrat”, Jonathan, publicly stated on X that he was threatened by CCP police across borders. According to CCP practice, false rumors are usually ignored — anything handled directly by the Ministry of Public Security tends to be true.

Independent commentator “Da Bao Wang Chao” argued: “Yang Lanlan’s ties to China Railway Group and her control over the allocation of Australian iron ore are real.”

Initially, some CCP-linked media outlets such as Xiaoxiang Morning Post, Dahe Daily, and Elephant News reported or republished stories about Yang, but later quietly deleted them.

On the Chinese Q&A platform Zhihu, entire discussion sections about Yang Lanlan were removed.

Even semi-official Hong Kong outlet Phoenix News had an article titled “What’s Going On With Australia’s Yang Lanlan?” — but it has since been taken down (404 error).

All these signals, combined with the Ministry of Public Security’s direct denials and censorship, have only further confirmed that Yang Lanlan is indeed a member of the Xi family.