Mahjong isn’t just about tiles and strategy — it’s a bridge between cultures, generations, and communities. From its 19th-century Chinese origins to American and Japanese variations, the game has ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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, ...

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 ...