Ching Shih
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Copyright 2013 by A. Dameron
Ching Shih was an 19th century Chinese pirate. At the height of her power in the South China Sea, her fleet included 1500 ships and 80,000 men. The Portuguese, Chinese and British navies could not defeat her, and in 1810 she retired after the Chinese navy offered a truce.
