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It was me! Women flock to be named in ‘chewed chicken’s feet’ row on Chinese subway viral video

Footage latest to prompt debate online on the mainland about ‘uncivilised’ behaviour

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The mystery woman filmed during the argument on the train. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Alice Yanin Shanghai

Several people have come forward online claiming to be the woman featured in a two-minute video that went viral on the internet in a row over her throwing chewed chicken feet on the floor of a subway train in Shanghai.

The woman denies in the video she had thrown away the rubbish and swore at other passengers for accusing her of uncivilised behaviour.

A woman passenger asks her to stop littering, the woman denies she is responsible and carries on eating.

READ MORE: Chinese woman who stood up to bully on Shanghai subway train praised as hero

Internet users have been busy trying to find out who the woman is.

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It was suggested she may be a violin teacher at a music training institute in the Pudong district of the city, but the news website Thepaper.cn said the college’s phone was out of use.

Other internet users said the woman might have appeared on a matchmaking programme on television four years ago.

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Several people now claim to be her.

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