What is the best case scenario for a pirate sailing on any sea? Score some loot, become boys with the crew and not get injured or killed too quickly? Sounds about right. Well, Ching Shih has a very adult rated fairy tale of piracy. Her rise and... well continued rise is something only she could have done. What she did on the South China Sea is straight up piracy Hall of Fame type stuff. Strider recognizes that piracy and criminality go hand in and hand and it is not that aspect of Ching Shih's or any pirate's life that he wants to celebrate, but rather the scale and diplomatic sway of her floating empire.  

Sources: wikipedia.org, Ancient-origins.net ‘Ching Shih - From Prostitue to Infamous Female Pirate’ by M R Reese, Youtube.com Invicta ‘Epic Moments in History - Ching Shih, Rise of the Pirate Queen’