A wooden statue of Zheng Chenggong, also known as Koxinga, or Coxinga is seen at the original Zheng Chenggong Temple in Tainan, Taiwan, 2015. Zheng was born Aug. 28, 1624, in Hirado, Japan and died June 23, 1662, in Taiwan. Zheng was a pirate leader of Ming forces against the Manchu conquerors of China and best known for establishing Chinese control over Taiwan.