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Ching Shih ruled the waves with a fleet of a thousand ships

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Sep 08, 2022
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Ching Shih (or Zheng Shi) was a Chinese prostitute who became a powerful female pirate, controlling the infamous Red Flag Fleet.

She ran the fleet like an organised system of business. She ran a Mafia…

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