Ching Shih was born around 1775 in Canton (now Guangdong). At 26, she was captured by a famous pirate leader, Zheng Yi, whom she agreed to marry, but only if she became his equal business partner ...

But while you may have heard of Anne Bonny and Grace O’Malley, I bet most people haven't met a little lady named Ching Shih. Who was she? Oh, just China's pre-eminent pirate queen. Want to learn ...

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No biggie!! So, in addition to plenty of Glinda and Elphaba Halloween costumes, you better believe you'll be seeing a whole lot of Taylor Swifts roaming the streets on October 31 this year.

HONG KONG, China (CNN)-- I-Ching or the "Book of Changes" is an ancient Chinese divination manual and a book of wisdom which interprets hexagrams (symbols made up of six stacked horizontal lines ...

Brigitte Lin (Yun Zhifan)Shih-Chieh King (Chiang Pin-Liu)Pao-Ming Ku (Master Yuen)Li-Chun Lee (Old Tao)Ismene Ting (Spring Flower)Lih-Ching Lin ... a comedy in medieval costume.