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It's of course the sequel to Rainbow Six, the book about radical environmentalist terrorists that's probably better known in video game form, which is of course itself brainwormed.

President Jack Ryan deals with a war between Russia and China, referred respectively in the title as the Russian Bear and the Chinese Dragon.

Ryan persuades NATO to admit Russia

lmao

Meanwhile, in Beijing, a group of Chinese students, spurred on by what they have witnessed through the CIA website, march through Tiananmen Square and invade a Politburo meeting, setting the stage for an overthrow of the government. A reformist Politburo member, Fang Gan, takes over and arrests the rest of the Communist leadership, ordering an immediate withdrawal of Chinese forces from Siberia. Fang then holds an open discussion with student leaders that starts China's transition to democracy.

lol, an absolute wet dream that's basically ”wot if the color revolution had succeeded”?

On the other hand, the book was criticized for its […] racist depiction of Chinese characters

shocked-pikachu

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[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

That plot summary has harmed me. It's like a 14 year old's power fantasy.

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

That’s all Tom Clancy books tbh

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

spurred on by what they have witnessed through the CIA website

i want to believe it's just literally cia dot gov

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That would’ve been the ideal, but the plot summary says “a CIA website” (reliableanticommunistinformationnotfromthecia.cn)

edit: that link better not work

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