The ”Mini Three Links” was formally put into effect on January 1, 2001 and will be implemented through several stages. The initial stage allow residents of Kinmen and Matsu to conduct direct trade and shipping with Mainland China. The next stage will involve increasing bilateral exchange of commercial activities to make the operation more economically meaningful. This article analyzes the concept of the ”Mini Three Links”, the policies of China and Taiwan, and the impact on the interactions across the Taiwan Strait. For the interactions across the Taiwan strait, the status of the ”Mini Three Links” is to serve as a transition to future broader links. The one-sided modus operandi applied to the ”small three links”, in which Taiwan unilaterally opened the links without any negotiations with the mainland may not be applicable to the big three links. Although the scale and complexity of the three direct links far exceed those of the ”mini links”, but the results of the mini three links may serve as a policy reference. In sum, Taiwan and China must work towards ending their long-standing opposition, and restart negotiations to deal with the political questions related to the ”three links.” Both sides should also begin drafting mechanisms to handle shipping routes, trade and health checks of goods and people travelling across the Taiwan Strait to pave the way for the three direct links.