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Fun story. Sounds more like a humorous anecdote than a true story for a couple of reasons...
* in China, pointing is done with an open hand, fingers extended but together.
* while there are different hand gestures used around the world to insult people, The middle finger (while used worldwide for counting) is pretty much used round the world to say fuck off.
* In both Mandarin and Cantonese, the single syllable 'en' is used in place of our umm or err.
Sources :
1. Several years traveling the world in the Navy.
2. My brother in law of 7 years who came here from Anhui province 11 years ago
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