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.

Before she ruled as Pirate queen, she had a much more humble life. At a time when the U.S. Navy was barely a thought, Ching Shih was born as Shi Yang into a Tanka family, a people who lived and ...

Let’s travel to South China and look at the incredible life of Shih Yang, the pirate queen of the south, in this episode on our series on pirates. Spirit Airlines, fresh from bankruptcy ...