From all I've read in the past, China sees North Korea as their irritating little brother that they'll back up but would rather not have to keep bailing them out of their scrapes. Essentially, they don't want American influence right on their border, so they'll prop up NK instead.
So can someone who has more knowledge of this situation than I explain why China doesn't cut some kind of deal with US/South Korea and say "Hey, you guys back us up on this. We'll go invade NK, get rid of this regime, but keep the territory for ourselves." Wouldn't everyone (except NK obviously) be happy with that? Or would they not?
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