title: Zhao Guocai
text: # Zhao Guocai
  
  Zhao Guocai (simplified Chinese: 赵国材; traditional Chinese: 趙國材; pinyin: Zhào Guócái; Wade–Giles: Chao Kuo-ts'ai; 1879–1966) was a Chinese educator and diplomat.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Zhao was born in Shanghai in 1879. In 1906 he graduated from St. John's University, Shanghai. Zhao was sent abroad to study at the expense of the Qing government. He studied politics at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin. He returned to China in 1913 and that year became vice-president of Tsinghua University, after the President Tang Guo'an left, he acted as the Acting President. In 1920 he was director of China's educational mission in Washington.
  
  In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, Zhao was mistreated and tortured by the Red Guards, he died in this socialist movement.
  
  