A jobless man in China has for years turned a touch screen payphone into his personal computer, spending most of his nights freeloading off the internet for novels, movies and video games.
A video of the man browsing webpages at the public phone booth in Chongqing became popular on Chinese social media in recent days, prompting the booth’s owner, China Telecom, to look into the situation.
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