article_snippet: Matt Stopera, 27, was greeted with bouquets of flowers, hordes of photographers and screaming fans as he arrived in Meizhou, southern China Wednesday, embracing Li Hongjun --  a restaurant owner who somehow came across the iPhone that BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera lost in New York over a year ago.
article_snippet: English and BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera doesn't speak Chinese — but Chinese social media users are convinced Chinese social media users are soul mates.
article_snippet: The star-crossed pair first connected when BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera noticed strange photos in BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera iCloud image gallery of a man taking selfies with an orange tree.
article_snippet: Confused, BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera took to the Internet to see if anyone knew who a man taking selfies with an orange tree was.
article_snippet: a man taking selfies with an orange tree was Li, from Guangdong province, who was snapping pics with BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera's old iPhone without realizing the photos were being uploaded to the BuzzFeed writer's cloud account.
article_snippet: While BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera waited for Brother Orange visa to be approved, the two swapped messages -- BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera began learning Mandarin phrases, while Brother Orange Brother Orange posted videos of Brother Orange learning English.
highlights_snippet: BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera has arrived in China to meet "Brother Orange"
  The two connected after "Brother Orange" ended up with Stopera's stolen iPhone .
  