It’s no secret that several of the most renowned pirates in history have been women. But while you may have heard of Anne ...

During China's Qing Dynasty, a fearsome female pirate queen named Ching Shih ruled the South China ... providing them with food and other supplies. Any ship that wanted to cross the sea was ...

Ching Shih was born around 1775 in Canton (now Guangdong). At 26, she was captured by a famous pirate leader, Zheng Yi, whom she agreed to marry, but only if she became his equal business partner ...