Cheng Tsao-Ju

Cheng Tsao-Ju
Cheng Tsao-Ju
2nd Chinese Ambassador to the United States
	In office; June 24, 1881 – July 26, 1885
Preceded by	Chen Lanbin
Succeeded by	Zhang Yinhuan
Personal details
Born	1827; Zhongshan, Xiangshan County, Guangdong, China
Died	1894

Cheng Tsao-Ju (Chinese: 鄭藻如; pinyin: Zhèng Zǎorú; 1827–1894), courtesy name Zhixiang (Chinese: 志翔), was the second Chinese Ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty.

Biography

In 1851, he passed the provincial examination and was subsequently assigned to work in the Shanghai Machinery Bureau. During the Guangxu period, he was transferred to the Tianjin Customs Road in Zhili.^[1] In 1881, he was appointed as the imperial envoy to the United States, Spain and Peru. Later, he served as the cabinet minister and minister of Honglu Temple. In the tenth year of Guangxu's reign (1884), he served as deputy envoy of the General Affairs Department, and the following year he was promoted to minister of Guanglu Temple.^[2]

Reference

^ "軍機處檔摺件 ,111302號，清代宮中檔奏摺及軍機處檔摺件". National Palace Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30.
^ 清代職官年表 (in Chinese). Vol. 2. p. 1321. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

Political offices
Preceded by Chen Lanbin	Chinese Ambassador to the United States (Accredited to Peru and Spain) 1827–1894	Succeeded by Zhang Yinhuan

[1] "軍機處檔摺件 ,111302號，清代宮中檔奏摺及軍機處檔摺件". National Palace Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30.

[2] 清代職官年表 (in Chinese). Vol. 2. p. 1321. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

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v t e Chinese ambassadors to the United States
Qing minister 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Cheng Tsao-Ju 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Yü 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
Republic of China Envoy 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
Republic of China Ambassador 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Chengting T. Wang 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
People's Republic of China Liaison Office Chief 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
People's Republic of China Ambassador 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–21 Qin Gang 2021–23 Xie Feng 2023-present