Although he has reservations about ROC elected representatives smuggling themselves into mainland China, he admits that with the initiative shown by them the three small links "are starting to taste sweeter and sweeter." "Matsu doesn't steal the spotlight like Kinmen," Liu notes.
雖然對於民意代表「偷跑」的做法持保留態度，但剛剛去歡迎赴大陸商團返回的連江縣長劉立群卻也不諱言，因為民代的主動，小三通是「倒吃甘蔗，漸入佳境」。