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Apple / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET "May you live in interesting times" is a phrase often attributed as a Chinese curse. In reality, the phrase can be traced back to Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, who was the British ambassador to China in 1936. In his 1949 book, Diplomat in Peace and War, he attributes the phrase to something a friend told him. The friend apparently told him of the so-called Chinese curse before Ambassador Knatchbull-Hugessen took his posting in China. Also: Worried about a $2,300 iPhone? How US tariffs are causing tech buyers to scramble The irony of the phrase, of course, is that "interesting times" sounds like a nice thing to say, but it could be interpreted as a dark way of wishing someone to live in times of trouble and unrest. We, dear reader, are living in interesting times. The tariff unknowns As you are undoubtedly aware, tariffs are at the top of the economic news. My wife and I have run our small businesses together for a very long time, through a number ... Read full article.