Even a sick or hibernating bear is lethal.
That bear is about to lose a huge amount of territory.
Russians have been fleeing Siberia and Vladivostok for years and there are over a billion Chinese that need lebensraum and raw materials that they have in abundance around that Amur river basin.
Declining powers can be extremely dangerous. They lash out in one final lunge against their foes.
Battle of the Bulge, or in Russia’s case the unleashing of unspeakable chemical, biological, radiological or IT cyber weapons.