Trump named Chinese-American Alex Wong as deputy national security adviser

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Trump named Chinese-American Huang Zhihan as deputy national security adviser! He was the hero behind the Trump-Kim summit

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On 22 November 2024, President-elect Trump announced that former State Department official Alex Wong would serve as special assistant to the president and chief deputy national security adviser.

Trump said in a statement that Wong served as the special deputy representative for North Korea and deputy assistant secretary of the State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs during his first term. "He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for special political affairs nominated by me in my first term."

Trump said that Wong, as the special deputy representative for North Korea, helped him conduct historic summit negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to stabilize bilateral relations. In addition, Wong also led the State Department to promote the implementation of a free and open Indo-Pacific strategy, saying that Wong will play a key role in helping to ensure U.S. security.

Yonhap News Agency reported that observers said that Trump's choice of Wong for the position increased the prospect of seeking to resume dialogue with North Korea after Trump took office, but it was unclear whether North Korea would accept any diplomatic proposals from the United States as North Korea and Russia continued to strengthen their military partnership.

Wong is the son of Guangdong immigrants, a doctor of law from Harvard University, and his wife is a second-generation Taiwanese.

Before taking over as deputy assistant secretary, he served as foreign policy and legal adviser to Republican Senator Tom Cotton; in the 2012 US presidential election, Huang Zhihan served as director of foreign and legal policy for the Republican Mitt Romney camp. In addition, Huang Zhihan served as the US State Department's Iraq Rule of Law Advisor from 2007 to 2009.

Huang Zhihan visited Taiwan in 2018 after serving as deputy assistant secretary, and the timing fell after Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The Taiwan Travel Act breaks the US government's self-imposed restrictions on high-level visits to the United States by Taiwan officials and encourages mutual visits between officials at all levels between the United States and Taiwan.

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Alex Wong was appointed by Trump as the Chief Deputy National Security Advisor. In the past, he not only coordinated the world-renowned "Trump-Kim" summit, but also visited Taiwan as a State Department official, during which he emphasized that the US-Taiwan relationship is not a transaction; the US policy goal is to ensure that the people of Taiwan can continue on the path they have chosen without coercion.

President-elect Trump issued a press release stating that he would appoint Alex Wong, a researcher at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, as the President's Special Assistant and Chief Deputy National Security Advisor.

Trump said that Wong served as the Special Deputy Representative for North Korea and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs during his first term. "He was also the US Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs nominated by me in my first term."

"As the Special Deputy Representative for North Korea, he helped me negotiate the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Wong also led the State Department to promote the implementation of a free and open Indo-Pacific strategy."

Wong is the son of Guangdong immigrants, a doctor of law from Harvard University, and his wife is a second-generation Taiwanese.

Before taking over as deputy assistant secretary, he served as foreign policy and legal adviser to Republican Senator Tom Cotton; in the 2012 US presidential election, Huang Zhihan served as director of foreign and legal policy for the Republican Mitt Romney camp. In addition, Huang Zhihan served as the US State Department's Iraq Rule of Law Advisor from 2007 to 2009.

Huang Zhihan visited Taiwan in 2018 after becoming deputy assistant secretary, and the timing fell after Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The Taiwan Travel Act broke the US government's self-imposed restrictions on high-level visits to the United States by Taiwan officials and encouraged mutual visits between officials at all levels between the United States and Taiwan.

During his visit to Taiwan, he attended the American Chamber of Commerce's New Year's Eve dinner and said in his speech that "the US-Taiwan relationship is not a transaction" but is deeply rooted in the long-term values ​​shared by the two sides. "The United States will always be Taiwan's closest friend and partner from the past, present, and future."

Huang Zhihan's remarks on Taiwan in recent years have focused on Taiwan's determination to defend itself. He said at a seminar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution in 2021 that an isolated Taiwan would be more likely to become a target for Chinese strategic planners. "When Taiwan has strong official and unofficial links with international organizations in the world, it will be less likely for the CCP to invade Taiwan.

Huang Zhihan emphasized that Taiwan's determination to defend itself and respond to possible emergencies should be stronger than the United States' determination to defend Taiwan. This is not simply a matter of defense budget and policy, but may also involve broader discussions such as culture and politics.

Huang Zhihan has spent a long time in South Korea and Israel. He found that people in those places may wake up one day and suddenly face a battle for life and death for their lives and the survival of their country, and that the people have been instilled with such concepts and the responsibilities and obligations they must bear since childhood.

He believes that if there must be a sustainable arrangement to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan must have a more general awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace.