Day 1,374: botched vanity trip

For a start, the West is not always united, as Emmanuel Macron’s botched vanity trip to China demonstrates.

Can the West win over the rest?

Artwork of the day 
Compact Vanities
Erte
Style: Art Deco
Genre: allegorical painting

Word of the day 
botched: used to describe something, usually a job, that is done badly
vanity: the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements

Quote of the day
“Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice