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You can also print out the Timaticweb info.
The reason (or at east one reason) why the TAs are somewhat paranoid is they can catch holy 7734 if a person is returned at the airline's cost after being denied entry, and the airline is fined.
All that being said, I have flown open jaws a number of times without problem. OTOH, they are bugs about China and other POEs that require visas in advance - even arguing with passengers about TWOV in PVG, for instance.