Little dogs bark

I am teaching in Weihai, which is on a peninsula across the Yellow Sea from North Korea.  At a dinner party last evening, I asked some colleagues how they viewed the nuclear threat from their Northern neighbor.  They were astounded the US takes Pyongyang seriously when he speaks of nuclear attacks. 

“Kim Jong-Yun is like a very small dog,” said one of my colleagues.  “Such animals bark.”

He believes the Chinese government does not put more pressure on North Korea because they feel he poses no danger.