In March 2025, Baidu Vice President Xie Guangjun's 13-year-old daughter, Xie Andi, sparked a nationwide controversy over a "privacy incident" involving pregnant women due to a fan circle dispute. This seemingly ordinary online conflict evolved into a nationwide discussion involving family education, adolescent psychological issues, the arrogance of the privileged class, and the dark side of the internet as netizens dug deeper. Even more shocking was the revelation that this "young lady" was active on foreign platforms as a "welfare sister," making numerous derogatory remarks about Chinese people, completely tearing away the facade of elite family education.
Timeline of Events: From Fan Circle Bullying to Identity Reversal#
The "Unboxing" Storm Triggered by Fandom#
As a fervent fan of the Korean girl group member Zhang Yuanying, Xie Andi became enraged when netizens questioned her idol's schedule intensity. She illegally obtained personal information of pregnant women (including ID numbers, home addresses, and prenatal check-up hospitals) through overseas social work databases and incited fans to bombard the victim with text messages, curse the fetus with deformities, and spread rumors about marriage scams, resulting in extreme online violence. Her outrageous statements, such as "Pregnant women deserve domestic violence" and "One corpse, two lives," sparked public outrage.
"Anti-Unboxing" Reveals a Double Life#
Xie Andi, daughter of Baidu Group Vice President Xie Guangjun, is acting as a welfare sister 🥲 Why does it look so awkward?
Netizens linked information from her social media accounts and uncovered Xie Andi's X platform (formerly Twitter) account "ayame," discovering that she was not only a welfare sister on foreign platforms (profiting from selling nude photos) but also made hateful remarks such as "Being Chinese is a shame" and "My spiritual nationality is American and Japanese." Her account bio stated "self-awareness video 22/1250r/2," and the payment code matched perfectly with her domestic social media account information. Ironically, she once boasted on Weibo about her father's monthly salary of 220,000, yet cried poor online, claiming "my parents are too stingy."
Family Education: Material Accumulation and Emotional Desert#
Distorted Values Born from Low Self-Esteem#
Psychological analysis indicates that Xie Andi's frequent displays of her father's pay stubs and high-consumption orders are essentially attempts to fill emotional voids through "social currency." Her identity as a welfare sister and her extreme statements are manifestations of seeking attention in a state of low self-esteem.
The "Outsourcing" Trap of Elite Family Education#
Xie Guangjun and his wife sent their 13-year-old daughter to study abroad in Canada, unaware that adolescence is a critical period for forming values. Research shows that among students who leave their parents' company too early, 40% experience identity recognition disorders, with some even developing antisocial tendencies. Just like the downfall of Li Shala in the Korean drama "Dark Glory," the combination of material abundance and spiritual neglect often leads to more severe psychological crises.
Law and Ethics: The "Shield of Exemption" for the Privileged Class#
Baidu's Crisis Management and Public Doubts#
Although Baidu stated that "unboxing information comes from overseas social work databases," netizens found that Xie Andi could accurately obtain data from the household registration system (such as ID card locations and district codes), pointing to vulnerabilities in domestic privacy protection. Her father, Xie Guangjun, faced criticism for his apology statement in social media, which was deemed "evasive," only emphasizing that "the daughter is a minor and should be tolerated," without directly apologizing to the victims.
The Double-Edged Sword of Minor Status#
Xie Andi evaded legal accountability due to her Canadian citizenship and minor status, but her actions have already violated Article 253 of the Criminal Law regarding "infringing on citizens' personal information." Ironically, her father once commented "What a pitfall" when sharing news about the Li Tianyi case, yet now finds himself in a similar predicament.
Social Reflection: When Privilege Encounters Online Justice#
The "Boomerang Effect" of Class Privilege#
After the incident was exposed, Baidu's Hong Kong stock plummeted by 5.44% in a single day, with a market value evaporating by over 14 billion. Netizens jokingly referred to it as "Li Shuangjiang 2.0," reflecting public dissatisfaction with the "extrajudicial immunity" of the privileged class.
The Technological Upgrade of Online Violence#
The "unboxing" industry has formed a complete chain from purchasing social work database information, AI-generated nude photos, to transnational harassment. In this incident, Xie Andi even used AI technology to forge indecent photos of the victim, highlighting the rapid technological iteration of the dark side of the internet.
Conclusion#
The Xie Andi incident is not only a typical case of family education failure but also reflects the fragility of privacy protection in the internet age and the intensification of class contradictions. When the elite class builds high walls of education with money, perhaps they should heed the warning from Empress Hu of Northern Qi: "Better to be a courtesan than to be a barren woman"—a growth devoid of spiritual nourishment will ultimately lead privilege to become a chasm that devours the next generation.
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