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 ...

D uring 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.

Zheng Yi commanded the Red Flag Fleet of pirate ships, and had successfully united a number of rival Chinese ships by the time he died in 1807. Upon Zheng Yi's death, his adopted son (and lover ...

The Pirate Queen tells the story of Cheng Shih, the widow of Cheng Yat, leader of the Red Flag pirate fleet who dominated the South China Sea in the 1800s. When Cheng Yat dies, ...

Upon his death in 1807, she assumed full command of the fearsome Red Flag Fleet, commanding over 1,800 pirate ships and an estimated 80,000 pirates. By comparison, Blackbeard commanded four ships ...

In 1810, the Red Flag Fleet was defeated by the Portuguese navy. Fortunately, the Chinese government offered Shih amnesty, which she accepted. She died at the age of 69, purportedly running a brothel.

Across the 16 new drinks, not including the Red Flag Fleet punch for groups of four or more, ... Keeping the Pirates of the Caribbean energy alive, there’s the rum-laden Queen Anne’s Revene.

LOS ANGELES — The most successful pirate in history was a woman. Zheng Yi Sao, active in the South China Sea between 1801 and 1810, took ownership of her husband’s Red Flag Fleet after he died ...

The Pirate Queen is the forgotten story of Cheng Shih - a woman in 19th-century China who became one of the most powerful pirates in history. When the leader of the fleet dies suddenly, a widowed ...