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A Stolen iPhone, A New Connection And Minor Celebrity In China Months after Buzzfeed writer Matt Stopera's phone was stolen, new pictures from China started uploading to his photo stream.

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A Stolen iPhone, A New Connection And Minor Celebrity In China

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A Stolen iPhone, A New Connection And Minor Celebrity In China

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Months after Buzzfeed writer Matt Stopera's phone was stolen, new pictures from China started uploading to his photo stream. He wrote about it and Chinese twitter, Weibo, picked it up. Kelly McEvers talks to Stopera about his stolen iPhone and newfound fame in China.