In King's view, she is not a national policy advisor to the ROC, but a personal advisor to President Chen. In support of this position, she noted that the agreement signed by national policy advisors does not explicitly mention the ROC. King was also critical of the ambiguity of President Chen's "new middle path" on China relations.
她指出，她不是中華民國的國策顧問，而是陳總統的私人顧問，何況總統府國策顧問的聘書上，並沒有正式冠上「中華民國」國號，她同時批評陳總統的「新中間路線」不明不白。