Cheng Tsao-Ju

Cheng Tsao-Ju (1827–1894), courtesy name Zhixiang, 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. 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.