> NK exists at the behest of China. No. China and NK was created with the backing of the soviet union. They were vassals of the soviet union until they decided

> NK exists at the behest of China. No. China and NK was created with the backing of the soviet union. They were vassals of the soviet union until they decided not to be. Both china and north korea have been independent actors for a while now. Even before the soviet union collapsed. > China wants a buffer between it and South Korea. Why would china want a buffer between it and south korea? You mean between china and the US? > If that wish were to change, I'd expect NK to be either gobbled up by China or allowed to rejoin with SK. SK is a vassal of the US. You don't "rejoin" a vassal state. It'll be more likely north korea will one day liberate south korea than anything. South korea has a foreign occupation force. North korea doesn't. Think about it.