to date, Beijing has not made any official statement on the on-going war between the Sultanate of Sulu and the Republic of Malaysia...
on which side are they?... it is not quite clear...
the conventional wisdom is that it is in the interest of Beijing to have this war so that Malaya Irredenta will not be able to come up with a united stand against Beijing's territorial ambitions in the West Philippine Sea... the classic Divide et Empira strategy...
i would say true... and maybe not true...
the Sulu-Malaysia War might also catalyze the military modernization of Manila and Kuala Lumpur... specially Manila... such that by the time Beijing decides to make its anticipated big military move in the WPS, all the GRP and the GRM have to do is to point the barrels of their modernized guns in a different direction... northward...
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