When elephants fight, the mousedeer must tread with care to avoid being trampled - deliberately or otherwise, says former diplomat Walter Woon. SINGAPORE: There is a Malay and Indonesian saying that “when elephants fight, the mousedeer in the middle dies”. With geopolitical tensions between the United States and China escalating sharply last week, Singapore as the mousedeer between the American and Chinese elephants will need to be especially nimble to survive. In a new round of trade tit-for-