Arthur Chu on an old saw:

There's a lot of news happening, never a good thing. It's not actually a Chinese curse but the sentiment is accurate #InterestingTimes

— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) August 12, 2014

(Wikipedia agrees with Chu.) Given the authenticity of the wisdom, the inauthenticity of the attribution is especially interesting. Is this a sign of Orientalism as a creative cultural influence?