He was Consul General of the United States of America to Hong Kong and Macau during the Umbrella Revolution.

from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1987.

[3][4] Tong previously was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and replaced Clifford Hart in Hong Kong in August 2016.

Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) when the United States hosted the forum in 2011.

[citation needed] He also worked at the U.S. embassies in Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo and Manila.