Not really, no.
North Korea is an isolated and decrepit state, that, apart from its nuclear aspirations, poses little military threat to its neighbours. They can not even feed their own people.
China is a massive country with large military and advanced technology, that is a threat to its neighbours.
Plus the fact that everything the West consumes is made in China. Even if they wanted to, western companies moving their production out of the region would take years, if not decades. China has the western capitalists by the balls, and they know it.