The next generation of mahjong players around the world is preserving and reinventing a Hong Kong tradition You can hear it before you see it: the chaos and clatter of shuffling tiles, the rhythmic ...

(RNS) — Today, a new book on mahjong and its cultural journey in the US suggests that there is much to learn from the game’s history, particularly how to put the rising anti-Asian and anti-Jewish ...

Jason Chu recalls growing up “very American,” surrounded by Legos, Star Wars, and soccer. “The one space where I felt a direct connection to a distinctly Chinese heritage was in my grandma's kitchen,” ...

The traditional Chinese game of mahjong is having a resurgence across the country, and the DC-area is getting in on the game play. Sallie Routh, co-founder of mahjong teaching group DC Mahj Collective ...

Ben Boas '06.5 posted the best ever finish by an American at an international mahjong competition in June, placing third out of 133 competitors at the Open European Mahjong Championship in Copenhagen, ...

NAGOYA -- Mahjong, once associated with smoky rooms, alcohol and all-night gambling, is experiencing a resurgence in ...

Mahjong was a craze sweeping the U.S. in the 1920s. The Canton police chief wasn't keen on the game and wanted to classify it as gambling. The Repository noted at the time that there was "a certain ...

There’s nothing quite as alluring as the marriage of ritual and mystery. It’s why secret societies have held such fascination throughout history, and the cyclical obsession with, say, the ...