During China's Qing Dynasty, a fearsome female pirate queen named Ching Shih ruled the South China Sea. She led the Red Flag Fleet, commanding over 1,800 pirate ships and around 80,000 pirates.

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Narrator: The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...

The Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling, late Honorary Chairman of ... The residence was once a garden of one of the Qing Dynasty princes' mansions. The area along the banks of Rear Lake is ...