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OK nothing N. Korea does appears to change China's attitude, as long as it is not directly against them. I thought that things might be a little different because this time N. Korea directly attacked S. Korea with so many SK sailors killed. So I would assume that would be the case from now on. I suppose they will accept NK's third nuclear test, and even NK's limited war against SK.

China still refuses to take SK's report on Cheonan's sinking which implicates N. Korea, according to SK media. Now that SK has a smoking gun, China wants to dodge the issue by not even laying their eyes on it. It is getting a little desperate and even petty.

Just as Chia Head tries to demonstrate that he calls the shot and there is nothing outsiders can do about it , China is also displaying the same. China owns this crisis as much as or more than N. Korea does. Should not complain about its blowback in the near figure.

For example, when Chia Head and his ilks are boxed into a corner due to coup, uprising, or internal power struggle, they could bring one of their nukes into the bunker under Mt. Baekdu, and threaten to detonate it. It would cause absolute chaos in N.E. China, especially if it is done during the warm season of the year when winds blows from S. East to N. West. The fallout from nuclear detonation would blanket N.E. China. Of course, Chinese will try to stop them. But then N. Koreans would set it off before Chinese get to it. The nuclear detonation could bring another disaster as well. Mt. Baekdu is actually a dormant volcano. It has not erupted over 1000 years. However, lately its steam vents are showing more activity and frequency of minor tremors suddenly picked up. Nuclear detonation inside the volcano at a well-picked location would not only create nuclear destruction and fallout but could also the volcanic eruption, kicking up enormous amount of ash up in the air.

When people talk about Chia Head going down in a blaze of glory, they usually think that he could attack S. Korea or U.S. forces with his nuke. However, nuclear suicide in Mt. Baekdu is also a good possibility.