Culture | Braking ChinaIs time more on America’s or China’s side?A new book offers practical advice about how America can win against ChinaWorld on the Brink. By Dmitri Alperovitch and Garrett Graff. PublicAffairs; 400 pages; $32.50 and £25 Though the wording may vary between “containing”, “deterring”, “decoupling” or “de-risking”, the Washington consensus is that China represents the pre-eminen..