Ching Shih
publication date: Thursday, August 20, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: 
Piracy
clue: In the early 1800s, as many as 80,000 pirates on the South China Sea may have reported to this mistress of marauding.
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Joanna Woods, Matthew Preston, Richard Slominsky, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
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