A bark much bigger than its bite?

SEOUL: North Korea’s top military body launched a blistering personal attack on Friday on South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and vowed to push ahead with the country’s nuclear weapons programme.

 This comes as little surprise to most as it has become nearly a routine whenever North and South Korean officials meet to discuss, and I use the term loosely, negotiate the terms of their cohabitation of the landmass just South-East of China. This could be seen as retaliation to the South Korean News' bashing of Kim Jung-Un and is likely nothing more than big words with little intent behind, however with recent developments in the North Korean  nuclear development department, there may be more here than the usual uneventful dispute between the two Korean nations. I am even more uneasy at China's continued absence from these discussions as I firmly believe that if North Korea does not halt its continued threatening of its Southern neighbor, then a preemptive attack from China will occur and it will seek to end the tyrannical regime and bring stability to their region so that they might focus on their expanding economy and the ever growing middle class citizens that are constantly demanding more rights. China does not have the luxury to simply ignore what is going on in their own backyard anymore, they have risen to the point where; much like the US, they are expected to set an example for other countries and will be expected to act upon the constant threats that North Korea is continually spouting.