I like the idea of China using North Korea as its attack dog so that its target can beg the Godfather (China) for leniency
Like how in Triad movies, there's always an unstable crazy deadly gang member who puts the fear into others so that the Good Cop Godfather can come in and tell the crazy one to lay off for a bit.
Meanwhile in Australia the Presstitutes and Stenographers who call themselves 'journalists'started to shriek after decades of bashing anyone who spoke ups against them.
In the event of war, these MSM journalists should be considered as enemy combatants, propaganda officers.