Shen Boyang: The Shanghai Twin Cities Forum can first retain the framework and emphasize the protection of the city as the premise

Senior media person Zhou Yukou interviewed Shen Boyang, a candidate for mayor of Taipei from the Democratic Progressive Party today, and asked the current mayor Jiang Wanan whether he would like to debate the Twin Cities Forum and other issues with Shen. If he is elected as the mayor, will he immediately announce whether to continue or terminate the city forum, and whether to stop the Shanghai Twin Cities Forum? Shen said that the city forum that can be held is really There are too many. The existing communication framework can be kept for now, but based on the premise of "protecting my city", if the communication outside of this is meaningful and beneficial to both parties, it is okay to continue the discussion. Clarifying the rules is the most important thing. I don't think Jiang may lose votes if he frantically talks about this issue. "China issues are my expertise, and I am very welcome to discuss them."

Shen Boyang said that there are too many city forums that can be held. Taipei currently divides them into international and Chinese-related parts. To him, they are all international city forums.

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Shen Boyang believes that in the previous exchanges of little cubs and bears with Japan, there was no need to admit that they were part of Japan. There were political prerequisites when exchanging (animals) with Shanghai. If there can be good exchanges and there are no political prerequisites, why not do meaningful and direct exchanges first?

Zhou Yukou asked, so do you want to stop the Shanghai Shuangcheng Forum? Shen Boyang said, "The existing communication framework will be retained for now." It is okay to communicate, but when discussing the actual content during the process, because in today's hostile situation towards me, some things are risky to exchange, such as traffic data and information security. "I want to protect my city. If exchanges outside of this are meaningful, inter-industry exchanges are not related to national security and are beneficial to both parties. It is okay to discuss, and there is nothing wrong with continuing the discussion. The key point is to clarify the rules, which is the most important thing."

If Jiang Wanan keeps pressing this issue, will it have an impact on Shen Boyang's election in the next two months? Will there be a loss of voters? Shen Boyang responded, no. At that time, his opponents had always wanted Shen to mention more Chinese issues because they wanted to put (labels) on them, but now it turns out that Jiang Wanan wants to discuss Chinese issues, "Chinese issues are my expertise, and you are very welcome to discuss them."

Shen Boyang believes that we are not provocateurs. Last time Jiang Wanan went to the China Twin Cities Forum, there were large-scale military exercises as soon as he came back. He did not provoke, so it is obvious that the problem lies with the other party, not ourselves.