The fact that the PRC is clearly stating its willingness to separate direct links from politics at this juncture is probably related to the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party in November, at which there is supposed to be a succession in the leadership.
檢視中共此回如此明確地表述，讓三通與政治脫鉤，應與攸關中共權力轉移的「十六大」即將於十一月召開有關。