Extra! Extra! Food safety, naked officials and hacker trackers
- A university student who fell severely ill from a food-borne parasite in China began studying China's history of food safety problems. Here are her findings: they're pretty scary. [Eileen Eats]
- China will be making efforts to monitor "naked officials," those with family overseas while they continue to work in country, because this group of people are particularly prone to corruption. [Shanghai Daily]
- US officials have tracked down the individual that they believe authored the computer code used to hack various US companies - a 30-something security consultant who might have used computers inside two educational institutions (both of which deny any involvement in any hacking scheme). [Financial Times]
- From batteries to cars, Warren Buffet's darling Chinese automaker BYD does what it does by copying others. [Caijing]
- Trying to keep the tradition alive, Beijing Film Academy is currently recruiting students for the country's first academic concentration in crosstalk, a form of stand-up comedy. [Danwei]
- President Hu Jintao has set up a microblogging account on People's Daily, garnering thousands of followers as of Monday. He hasn't written anything yet though. [AFP]
- The creator of that nifty little WOW tribute to the war on the internet in China has spoken: and not surprisingly, he thinks the GFW sucks. [WSJ]
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