Tom Clancy · 2000 · thriller

Tom Clancy's 2000 thriller. Its economy crumbling, China gambles everything on a war of conquest - hurling its armies north across the border to seize the gold and oil of Siberia. As Russia reels, President Jack Ryan brings his old enemy into the Western alliance and sends American forces to the far side of the world to help halt the Chinese onslaught before it triggers something far worse.

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   Beijing

   In Beijing, a Politburo facing economic ruin and a starving treasury settles on a desperate gamble: to seize by force the newly discovered gold and oil of the Russian Far East, and restore China to greatness through conquest.

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   Siberia

   Chinese armies pour north across the Amur into the vastness of Siberia, overrunning the thin Russian defenses and driving toward the goldfields - a war of movement across a frozen wilderness at the edge of the world.

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   Moscow

   In Moscow, a shaken Russia turns to its old adversary, and President Jack Ryan brings the bear into the Western alliance - rushing men and airpower halfway around the globe to blunt the dragon before the fighting turns nuclear.