Bro Orange and his e-pal Matt finally met in Guangdong, March 17, 2015. Their long-distance friendship had reached a new level.

When Matt arrived at Jieyang Airport of Guangdong at 9, Bro Orange was waiting for him. After they met, Matt said “hello” to Bro Orange in Chinese. They burst into laughter after Bro Orange showed Matt his iPhone.

The story started in 2014 when Matt Stopera, a writer for Buzzfeed, lost his iPhone in New York. He thought no more about it until Feb. 5, 2015, when pictures of a strange Chinese man began to appear on his phone's photo stream.

It turns out that Matt’s stolen iPhone was transported to China and the photos of the new Chinese owner were sent to his iCloud account. Matt dubbed the guy “Bro Orange.”

Later Matt published his lost iPhone story on Buzzfeed.com. It was picked up by Chinese netizens and the story became viral. Within one day after his story appeared in China, Chinese netizens managed to find the "Bro Orange".

The two men finally got in touch, began to find out about each other, and became friends. Finally they agreed to meet on March 18 in China.

Bro Orange comes from Meizhou, a prefecture-level city which is honored with the titles of Hometown of Culture, Hometown of the Overseas Hakka Chinese, and Hometown of Football. Over the coming week, Bro Orange will invite Matt to visit some famous tourist attractions and experience the Hakka culture. 

This article is edited and translated from 《橘子哥”和美國伙伴廣東相聚 拿出手機兩人相視大笑》，source: People's Daily Online