CHINA SHOWS IT'S PUPPET STRINGS, ENDORSES KIM JONG IL SUCCESSOR

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/19/kim-jong-il-successor-endorsed-china

North Korea is a puppet state of China.

If it weren't for China, North Korea would have collapsed already.  As it is, China uses North Korea as a distraction for the US and to terrorize South Korea and Japan.