"Garbage time of history"

Economics buzzword.  From the Wall Street Journal's China newsletter: Here's the linked article in Chinese. lìshǐ de lèsè shíjiān 历史的垃圾时间 ("garbage time of history") This expression reminded me of what I knew as the "garbage bin of history": The "ash heap of history", also called "dustbin of history" or "garbage heap of history" or "landfill […]