主题：新华社：中俄元首决定 -- 唐斩非

今天《纽约时报》报道，昨天圣彼得堡投资论坛上，普京演讲完后有人提问: 中美贸易战，你支持哪方? 普京引用了中国俗语回答: 坐山观虎斗，看谁赢了再说! 查了NYT,他还真的这样说。

But when he was asked at the conference on Friday if he would take sides in the trade war between the United States and China, Mr. Putin said he was citing a Chinese proverb that “when tigers fight in the valley, the smart monkey sits aside and waits to see who wins.”