I've said before that Sinkieland will be drawn into the inevitable conflict, like it or not. It is straddling the choke point between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea.
Loong needs to choose a side,
playing the role of a pacifist neutral mitigator is not good enough... it might actually make things worse.
Don't expect the useless son to make a wise decision about this. He is a coward, your typical
官二代 who would have gone nowhere without his daddy. Take note that he always goes into hiding whenever some major domestic incident occurs, take cover for a while and let his minions take care of the situation, only to emerge later to make some PR statements.