It does seem that BCH efforts are being redirected in what i can only assume is anticipation of seg2x but they kinda shot themselves in the foot and now have to keep two fronts open. They're spreading thin and can't go in either direction without pissing off their support base. It's ironic that they undermined themselves with a BCH, as without it it'd be much easier for them to rally troops behind 2x
If they were smart, they would have forgot about 2x and just did a soft fork of segwit onto bch. Segwit 8X FTW.