After becoming China's president last year, Hu Jintao has passed the ASL to reduce the possibility of the Taiwan issue being used by party hawks as an excuse for a power struggle that would pose a challenge to his rule.
這是去年接任國家主席的胡錦濤，透過立法讓鷹派找不到權力鬥爭的藉口，以減低台灣問題成為鬥爭標的、進而對胡政權形成挑戰的可能。