Ep. 02: Ching Shi: "The terror of the South China Sea".

Women Warriors Podcast

English - December 12, 2021 09:02 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB
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Ching Shi was abducted from a brothel boat, became a bad ass pirate and formed a confederation of all the pirates in the Cantonese area of Southern China. But what is actually true in this crazy tale? This episode includes many names for the same women (so pay attention), diving into a rabbit hole and sort of crawling back out again.