Together they try to prevent a war between Russia and China by inviting Russia into NATO. Having inside information into the content of the meetings of the Chinese Politburo, the CIA informs President Jack Ryan. As a consequence the Chinese Politburo eventually starts plotting an offensive on Russia to seize their gold mine and their oil resources. As Chinese trade with the US comes to a halt, China's economy is on the brink of collapse and its government needs to find a source of money. There is the attempt to murder a high-ranking Russian politician and there is the find of a gold mine and huge oil resources in Siberia. The novel starts with two seemingly unrelated events. As this is only the third Jack Ryan novel that I have read - and my third Clancy, for that matter - I have to say that I enjoyed it even without knowing the full background.Now, what is this novel about? As the title suggests it is about a conflict between Russia, or the 'Bear', and China, the 'Dragon'. However, you will most likely miss out on some references to events that were related in earlier novels. To my mind, you do not have to have read the whole series up to this point to be able to enjoy this novel. The Bear and the Dragon is the last novel in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series.
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