Day 1,409: eschew, hubris

Faced with decades of being a near-peer of America, China has good reason to eschew hubris and resist invading Taiwan.

Is Chinese power about to peak?

Artwork of the day 
Pride of Place
Briton Riviere
Date: 1891
Style: Realism
Genre: animal painting

Word of the day 
eschew: to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up
hubris: a way of talking or behaving that is too proud

Quote of the day
“Only godless savages eschew the series comma.”
― Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style from the Copy Chief of Random House