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The Last Chinese Pirates Beheaded at Hong Kong
A historical reminiscence recounts the crackdown on Chinese piracy along the China coast. It details the 1860s crisis sparked by a tea ship massacre, English pressure, and a staged government hunt aboard the English bark Queen. Pirates Wang-Hoa and followers are pursued through Formosa canals, with battles, captures, and the final beheading of 65 captives in Foo-Choo.
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C. B. Lewis
Malay
Borneo
Hong Kong
China
Sicily
Russia
Shanghai
Mesa
Hoci-Ngan
Yellow Sea
Foo- Choo
Hattie Milward
Boston
Chang-Te
Formosa
Wang- Hoa
Dime Museum
United States
Foo-Choo
Teverybody
New York
Cape Cambodia
Straits of
Corea
Wang-Hoo
Japan
Sambok
Tak-Yun
Tung-Chwon
Wang-Hoa
Tsee-Nan Island
Gulf of Tonquin
Loo-Choo Islands
Waeng-Hoa
Ke Ban
Cardle
Peking