Containment Lite

This article is about how China is trying to make alliances with the United States. This is to prevent China from spreading and making alliances with other countries around them. I believe china is "trying to join with us for military help. The words Containment Lite mean "pre-containment. The author meaning for the title is that he think it is okay for china to make alliances because then when they go in war they will be able to win.