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When you think of pirates, the first place you think of probably isn’t Southern China. A region with a long a fascinating history, China’s South maintains its own unique identity, social, cultural, historical and otherwise, distinct and separate from the North. Two Southern Chinese stereotypes are their international, outward-facing attitude and the independence of their women. Perhaps in no one figure are these two ideas better symbolised then in Shih Yang, a prostitute turned pirate with a truly incredible story. Riding the wave, if you’ll pardon the pun, of an expanding pirate presence in the region, Shih Yang became so much more then a pirate captain, acting as an admiral, governor, legislator, and key player in international politics. Let’s travel to South China and look at the incredible life of Shih Yang, the pirate queen of the south, in this episode on our series on pirates.

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Narrated by: William Earl
Written & Researched by: Harry Palmer

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