<轉載自2020年7月27日 明報 社評>
正當中美博弈令台灣海峽戰雲密佈之際，2020台北上海城市論壇上周舉辦。因疫情關係，今年改以視訊方式舉辦，亦一改以往的排場，省略了很多禮儀環節，重要的是，作為兩岸兩個最重要的城市，在現今兩岸關係倒退的低迷氣氛中，仍然堅持舉辦如此高規格的論壇，由雙方市長平等對話，善意交流，不禁令人欽佩台北、上海當局的勇氣，對於兩岸官方來說，雙城論壇亦為合作交流樹立了一個典範。
相對而言，多了一個「台灣民眾黨」主席身分的台北市長柯文哲，今年不僅重提「兩岸一家親」、「五互相」等兩岸論述，更明確反對用意識形態來升高兩岸民眾仇恨，深化了自己的兩岸論述，在島內抗中情緒高漲的大環境中，更令人有空谷足音之感。
柯文哲延伸兩岸論述 務實交流以民生為重
台北上海雙城論壇始自2010年，由兩市政府輪流舉辦，當時的主要推手是時任上海市長韓正和國民黨籍台北市長郝龍斌，10年來兩市已簽訂了36項交流協議暨合作備忘錄。首次論壇的韓郝會，就促成了上海虹橋到台北松山的直航班機。有報道指出，上海市的12345市民服務熱線，以及後來風靡大陸很多城市的共享單車，都是雙城論壇交流的成果。
雙城論壇也並非一帆風順，2015年柯文哲在上海首次提出「兩岸一家親」、「牀頭吵牀尾和」等論點，在台灣就引起爭議，也成為柯文哲與民進黨嫌隙的開端；2016年民進黨蔡英文執政後，上海打破由市政府官員出席的慣例，派市委統戰部長沙海林到台北出席論壇，引發島內的統戰恐慌；在兩岸關係逐漸緊張、連國共兩黨的海峽論壇都已停辦的大氣候下，雙城論壇也幾度傳出可能停辦，但在柯文哲的堅持和溝通下，仍然如期舉辦，實屬難能可貴。
在今年論壇期間，柯文哲無懼其「兩岸一家親」論點被「抹紅」為登陸「通關密碼」，更進一步發展出「交流比斷流好」、「合作比對抗好」、「一家親比兩岸一家仇好」的兩岸「三好」及「互相認識、互相了解、互相尊重、互相合作、互相諒解」的「五個互相」論述。
柯文哲稱，「兩岸關係目前是倒退的，兩岸論述在現階段能夠維持就不錯了」，他明確表示不贊成用意識形態升高兩岸民間仇恨，提高緊張程度，並藉此獲利；又認為台灣一方面與大陸經貿往來密切，出口數值一直在上升，另一方面又鼓動仇中或抗中氛圍，「有戰略上的矛盾」，實際上是暗批民進黨政府的兩岸政策。
柯文哲強調兩岸之間還是有實際問題要處理，包含保障在大陸的台生、台商，還有在台灣的陸配、陸生權益保障，須秉持「促進交流、增加善意」的務實精神來從事兩岸交流。因此，雙城論壇不僅僅是兩市交流的平台，也能促成讓在大陸的台灣人民被善待，同時台灣也善待在台的大陸人民。
正是堅持這種「多研究些問題、少談些『主義』」的務實基調，今年雙城論壇的很多交流看似瑣碎小事，卻全是民生所繫，如「北台都會區合作與長三角一體化發展」，雙方藉演講對談，分享區域合作現况與都會發展經驗，描繪未來城市發展藍圖；「公共交通無障礙服務和智慧出行」交流，則環繞「大眾運具弱勢服務」、「5G智慧交通應用」及「自駕巴士推動發展」等三大主軸進行；兩市衛生主管部門首腦，相互介紹新冠疫情下城市防疫政策與經驗；在產業經濟交流部分，台北悠遊卡公司也與上海同業分享兩地電子支付的經驗與挑戰。
國民黨迷失淪小綠 兩岸溝通仍有空間
與「雙城論壇」年年堅持、十年有成形成對照的是，台灣最大在野黨國民黨似乎在兩岸議題陷入困境，迷失自我。經過連場選戰失敗及兩岸緊張情勢升高，在民進黨政府主導通過《反滲透法》引起的白色恐怖氛圍下，國民黨檢討兩岸政策，有意放棄「九二共識」，兩岸政策向綠營靠攏，有漸沉溺於「小綠」之勢，突顯其進退失據的窘態。未來國民黨在島內兩岸關係的話語主導權，會否被柯文哲的民眾黨所取代，已引起台灣輿論關注。
誠然，柯文哲僅是台北市長，雙城論壇所作也僅限於城市交流，但給台灣人的啟示是，無論是基於兩岸出現「民意對撞」之勢，還是基於民進黨當局修法限制交流所帶來的寒蟬效應，兩岸絕非毫無對話溝通的餘地。只要彼此相向而行、積極尋求最大公約數，兩岸溝通對話總可以進行。今次論壇，上海方面不刻意追求政治意涵，低調務實，展現了很大靈活性；而柯文哲方面，既不為民進黨政府的威嚇所恫，也不為反中抗中的民粹所惑，敢於交流溝通，初顯了民眾黨在野的風骨；與對岸交流，求真務實，不卑不亢，也透露出政治家的智慧。在全球疫情大流行、世局大變化的今天，兩岸實務溝通，不僅有可能，而且有需要，只要雙方放下意識形態歧見，秉持務實態度，兩岸關係的未來發展終須一談，而不必終須一戰。
Twin City Forum
THE 2020 Taipei-Shanghai
Twin City Forum was held last week. Owing to the pandemic, the event was
conducted via a video conference. The arrangements were also changed with the
omission of much pomp and circumstance. What is important is that the two most
important cities in the two regions on the two sides of the strait insisted on
holding a forum of such a high level amid such a tense atmosphere when
cross-strait relations have undergone such a regression, and the mayors of the
two cities spoke on equal terms.
The forum began in 2010
and has been held by the governments of the two cities in rotation since then.
Back then it was chiefly spearheaded by Han Zheng, the then mayor of Shanghai
and Hau Lung-pin, the then Taipei mayor from the Kuomintang. Over the past ten
years or so, 36 agreements of interaction and memorandums of understanding have
been signed between the two cities. In the first forum, Han and Hau brought
about a non-stop flight from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei
Songshan Airport. As reported by the media, the 12345 hotline for citizens in
Shanghai and bike-sharing, which later became a craze to sweep across many
mainland cities, were both the outcomes of the interactions of the forum.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je
said, "Cross-strait relations are going backwards at the moment. It would
be good enough for the discourse on cross-strait relations to remain as it
is". Ko stressed that there were real issues to tackle between the two sides
of the strait, including the protection of Taiwanese students and businesses on
the mainland, as well as the protection of the rights of mainland spouses of
Taiwanese citizens and mainland students in Taiwan, adding that it is necessary
to engage in cross-strait interactions in the pragmatic spirit of "the
promotion of interactions and good faith". Therefore, not only is the Twin
City Forum a platform for the two cities to interact, but it can also promote
better treatment of Taiwanese people on the mainland and mainlanders in Taiwan.
It was exactly because
of such insistence on the pragmatic note that "more effort should be made
to investigate the problem rather than talk about ideology" that this
year's forum centred around many issues that seemed trivial but were all
related to people's livelihood. These issues include the "integrated
development of the metropolitan region in Northern Taiwan and the Yangtze
Delta", where the two sides held talks to share the cooperative situation
in the region and experience in urban development so as to draw up a
development blueprint for cities in the future. The exchanges about
"public transport accessibility service and smart mobility" centred
around three main themes, namely "services for the disadvantaged in the mass
transportation system", "applications of 5G smart
transportation" and "development driven by driverless buses".
The heads of the two cities' health departments talked to each other about
their respective anti-pandemic measures and experience. In the section about
industries and the economy, Taipei's EasyCard Corporation and its counterparts
in Shanghai shared their experience and the challenges they had faced in the
field of electronic payment.
It is true that Ko is
merely the mayor of Taipei and the Twin City Forum is limited in its role to
exchanges between cities. During the forum, the Shanghai authorities did not
deliberately pursue outcomes with political overtones. They adopted a low
profile and displayed great flexibility. As long as both sides move in the same
direction and actively seek the greatest common ground, dialogue between the
two sides can still proceed. Amid a global pandemic and extraordinary change in
the international arena, it is not only possible but also necessary for both
sides of the strait to communicate in a practical manner.
雙城論壇勇氣可嘉 兩岸交流比斷流好
2020台北上海城市論壇上周舉辦。因疫情關係，今年改以視訊方式舉辦，亦一改以往的排場，省略了很多禮儀環節，重要的是，作為兩岸兩個最重要的城市，在現今兩岸關係倒退的低迷氣氛中，仍然堅持舉辦如此高規格的論壇，由雙方市長平等對話。
台北上海雙城論壇始自2010年，由兩市政府輪流舉辦，當時的主要推手是時任上海市長韓正和國民黨籍台北市長郝龍斌，10年來兩市已簽訂了36項交流協議暨合作備忘錄。首次論壇的韓郝會，就促成了上海虹橋到台北松山的直航班機。有報道指出，上海市的12345市民服務熱線，以及後來風靡大陸很多城市的共享單車，都是雙城論壇交流的成果。
台北市長柯文哲稱，「兩岸關係目前是倒退的，兩岸論述在現階段能夠維持就不錯了」。柯文哲強調兩岸之間還是有實際問題要處理，包含保障在大陸的台生、台商，還有在台灣的陸配、陸生權益保障，須秉持「促進交流、增加善意」的務實精神來從事兩岸交流。因此，雙城論壇不僅僅是兩市交流的平台，也能促成讓在大陸的台灣人民被善待，同時台灣也善待在台的大陸人民。
正是堅持這種「多研究些問題、少談些『主義』」的務實基調，今年雙城論壇的很多交流看似瑣碎小事，卻全是民生所繫，如「北台都會區合作與長三角一體化發展」，雙方藉演講對談，分享區域合作現况與都會發展經驗，描繪未來城市發展藍圖；「公共交通無障礙服務和智慧出行」交流，則環繞「大眾運具弱勢服務」、「5G智慧交通應用」及「自駕巴士推動發展」等三大主軸進行；兩市衛生主管部門首腦，相互介紹新冠疫情下城市防疫政策與經驗；在產業經濟交流部分，台北悠遊卡公司也與上海同業分享兩地電子支付的經驗與挑戰。
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