The Red Flag Fleet, under the command of the notorious pirate Ching Shih, had been a continual thorn in the side of commerce for years. The Qing gathered a massive fleet of warships and set a trap ...

During China's Qing Dynasty, a fearsome female pirate queen named Ching Shih ruled the South China Sea. She led the Red Flag Fleet, commanding over 1,800 pirate ships and around 80,000 pirates.

Having built a cinematic legacy with badass roles in “Charlie’s Angels” and “Kill Bill,” Lucy Liu was eager to embody one of history’s most misunderstood women ― even if it meant looking beyond the ...

The most famous of them, and in fact the most successful pirate ever, was a woman. Her name was Ching Shih and she ran the “Red Fleet” of more than 300 junks and thousands of men. She ...

The son of a Tanka fisherman, as a baby, Cheung was kidnapped by Cheng Yat and Ching Shih, two of the region’s most powerful pirates. They adopted him as their son, and he grew up to be a ...