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That sounds like pearls of wisdom from a Chinese sage - except
that many Chinese people do not think it is Chinese.
China's social media has been abuzz with debate over the origin
of the quote, screenshots of which have been widely shared among
users on mainland China since Tuesday. Twitter is banned in
China.
One user on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, said the saying
originated from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Another
claimed it came from American novelist James Baldwin.
Quote Investigator, an internet website that looks at the origin
of quotations, says the expression might have evolved from a
comment in a periodical based in Chicago, Illinois, at the turn
of the 20th century.
"Actually Western people like to make up Chinese proverbs, like
us, as we Chinese people also make up lots of those," said a
diplomatic user on Weibo.
Ivanka Trump posted the tweet on the eve of the Singapore
summit, but did not specifically refer to the meeting. Nor did
she say what "it" was.
President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim on
Tuesday in a luxury hotel on a resort island in Singapore, in a
summit unimaginable just months ago.
Trump said he had formed a "very special bond" with Kim, while
Kim described the summit as a "a good prelude to peace".
Kim was previously mocked by Trump as a "little rocket man" on a
suicide mission, and the North Korean leader declared that Trump
was a "U.S. dotard".
(Reporting by Ryan Woo; additional reporting by Lusha Zhang;
editing by Richard Pullin)
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