Ching Shih was born around 1775 in Canton (now Guangdong ... as well as trade routes and fishing rights in the South China Sea. In 1809, the Chinese emperor sent an armada to attack Ching's ...
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.