The Shandong man who shot to internet stardom after he was seen making himself a meal with his rice cooker at Hong Kong International Airport is now safe at home, and he has only nice things to say about the people of Hong Kong. Speaking to journalists in his hometown of Laiwu, in central Shandong province, ‘Rice Cooker’ as he is now known in the Chinese press, said he would not have made it home if not for the kind souls who came to offer him their helping hand.