Ching Shih In China

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The word “pirate” still conjures the image of a rugged British man with an eye patch, a parrot and a unpleasant accent. Yet the world’s most successful pirate was Chinese, and a woman. While female pirates weren’t uncommon off the coast of Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries, one woman stood above them all. Known as the “Pirate Queen of the China Sea’s and Madame Ming”, Ching Shih was one of the prettiest and most dangerous pirates in history. She was a well-known female pirate in late Qing China. She was intelligent, devoted, daring but also ruthless; she was the complete package to becoming the status of “Captain”. Little is known about Ching Shih’s early life apart from the fact that she was born in the Guangdong province of China, and …show more content…
The Red Flag Fleet became strong and their power enabled them to pillage and raid every town and ship between Macao to Canton. She demanded that the villages pay her taxes to keep their homes safe. Discipline was expected and harshly dealt with. She set up strict regulations that her followers were expected to follow. The only people that could issue commanders were leaders of the fleet, stealing from a village that helped the pirates, stealing from the treasury, raping female captives were all capital offenses. Her goal was to profit and anyone who defied her …show more content…
The Qing Emperor didn’t like how much power she had, so he sent the Imperial Navy to defeat her. She won countless battles with many countries and destroyed the emperor 's navies. So instead of trying to kill her, the Emperor tried negotiating. He offered her what was probably the most generous pirate amnesty deal in history, but only if she stopped terrorizing the Southern Coast of China, she and all her men could go free without punishment, and they could keep all their stolen treasure. Ching’s followers were pirates who, at any moment could defy her to the authorities and overpower her. But their fear of her was the reason that they followed her lead. Ultimately, she was a master of manipulation, she was considered to be one of the greatest and most successful pirates in

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