For as long as cargo ships have sailed the seas, pirates have plundered and pillaged ... and the respect of the Qing establishment. Ching Shih was born around 1775 in Canton (now Guangdong).

Pirates like these are famous for attacking rich Spanish ships in the Caribbean Sea during the ... Cheung was kidnapped by Cheng Yat and Ching Shih, two of the region’s most powerful pirates.