Under the sign of the dragon

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In the sign of the dragon (in the English original The Bear and The Dragon ) is a political thriller by Tom Clancy from the year 2000. In the same year Heyne Verlag , Munich , published the German-language transmission by Jeannette Böttcher .

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While the political bodies of the People's Republic of China and the USA are discussing the basis of their trade relations, huge oil and gold reserves are being discovered in Siberia .

After a tragic incident in which the papal nuncio in China and a local Baptist preacher are shot dead by Chinese police officers, there is a trade boycott of Chinese products, which leads to a complete collapse of the Chinese economy. The Politburo of the Communist Party of China sees the country's only chance of survival in the annexation of the Siberian territories with the newly discovered raw material deposits. This leads to a war between China and Russia , which, based on intelligence, had recently been accepted into NATO .

The US sends the 1st Armored Division to Siberia to support the Russians in the fight against the Chinese People's Liberation Army .

Since China (as described in the novel The Echoes of All Fear ) is the only nation still in possession of ICBMs , President Ryan is considering "removing these weapons from the game". The Chinese SSBN is torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Tucson . Most of the Chinese nuclear missiles are, however, on a base inland, which is to be eliminated by a mixed special unit made up of Russians and members of the Rainbow team (see Operation Rainbow ).

As part of this action, an ICBM that is heading for Washington is shot down . The American president has not fled, but is on the Aegis cruiser USS Gettysburg , which lies on a quay on the Potomac River to protect Washington , and is watching as the ship can intercept the ICBM thanks to a software update.

Through a clever move by the Americans, Chinese students learn about the war their country is waging via the Internet and occupy a government building, causing a political upheaval. Ultimately, the warring parties agree on the status quo ante .

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