Few figures in history are as feared and fascinating as Ching Shih (also known as Shi Yang, Zheng Yi Sao, Shi Xianggu, and Shek Yeung), a woman who rose from humble beginnings to command one of the ...
Sometimes called, Zheng Yi Sao or "Wife of Zheng Yi," she's known to history as Ching Shih for what she accomplished once he died. In 1808, the Chinese Qing government, overwhelmed by pirates in the ...