[Her] fingers are brandished as a crazed and half-starved Chinese would use chopsticks.. They prod and pinch the air, leaving it bruised and beaten.

Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard

По твойте пръсти въздухът гори.
Подай пламтящи рамене...

When she speaks it is as if very thick olive oil is pouring vigorously over gravel chippings.

The Chinese have said they're (the crew) being protected, I don't know from what,

A young man who had watched her eating with her fingers offered a set of chopsticks- those sticks for eating that had become so popular. He looked at her suggestively. Instead of blushing, she accepted the chopsticks boldly and continued to walk on, using them to eat noodle and vegetable dishes.