RE: Bitmain does "not rule out the possibility of supporting both Segwit2x and BCC."

[cardboard]

Of course he will, he created it, it's part of his contingency plan:

https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip148/

So far only Chinese exchanges and pools are supporting Bitcon Cash - what a coincidence :)

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@cardboard/bitcoin-segwit2x-update-war-incoming