#308.5 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 3: The Tiger's Mouth
The History of China

#308.5 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 3: The Tiger's Mouth

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 23, 202635 min
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Please check out this entire series-arc, re-written, expanded, & re-recorded as of Aug 2026: - Ep. 306: Dead Men Tell No Tales: https://megaphone.link/ARML5251369441 - Ep. 307: Murders & Acquisitions, Mostly: https://megaphone.link/ARML6215286599 - Ep. 308: The Shadow State: https://megaphone.link/ARML7890860851 Bottled up in Tung Chung Bay, subsisting for three weeks on caterpillars & boiled rice, the largest pirate fleet in the history of the world meets six Portuguese ships and the arithmetic that finishes it. What follows is the biggest criminal amnesty the world had yet seen, and a question very few...

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You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello, and welcome to the History of China. Episode 308.5, Zheng Yizhou Part 3, Into the Tiger's Mouth. The Chief's wife frequently sprinkled me with garlic water, which they considered an

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effectual charm against shot. Richard Glasspool, second mate of the Marquess of Eli, on his 11 weeks as a prisoner of the red flag fleet, 1809. Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30

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seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner. Neil McCauley, Heat, 1995. Six ships against 1800. That is where we left off last time, and before we find out how that all goes, I need to

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