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China stumped by Ivanka Trump's ‘Chinese proverb’

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BEIJING, China – Chinese social media users are scratching their heads over a "Chinese proverb" US President Donald Trump's daughter…
BEIJING, China – Chinese social media users are scratching their heads over a "Chinese proverb" US President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka posted to Twitter as her father prepared for his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. "'Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.' -Chinese Proverb," Ivanka posted on Monday, the night before her father and Kim came together to seek an end to a tense decades-old nuclear stand-off. China's internet quickly lit up, puzzled rather than flattered by the reference. "Our editor really can't think of exactly which proverb this is. Please help!" the news channel for Sina — the company behind Weibo, China's largest Twitter-like platform — wrote on its official social media account. In thousands of comments on Weibo, users proffered scores of different suggestions without arriving at a consensus.

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