''Dragon Strike'' (long title: ''Dragon Strike: A Novel of the Coming War with China'') is the first novel written by British journalists Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton and first published in 1997, concerning a hypothetical war in 2001.New York Times article.
/ref> The novel weaves the story of China attacking

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and

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to fortify its territorial claims to the oil-rich

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. This attack was ordered by Wang Feng, the fictional new leader of China. Japan, the

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and other countries are eventually brought into the conflict, putting the world at the brink of a

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. The story illustrates the complex relations between the United States and China on economic ties and ideologies. Humphrey Hawksley subsequently wrote another novel concerning a hypothetical war in Asia: '' Dragon Fire''.

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1997 British novels Novels by Humphrey Hawksley Military fiction Novels set in China Novels about nuclear war and weapons 1997 debut novels Sidgwick & Jackson books {{1990s-war-novel-stub