Mah-jongg, a game in which players match or sequence sets of tiles, is often referred to as China’s “national pastime.” However, its rise as a globally beloved game has roots somewhere else: in the ...

On the afternoon of the 7th, four men and women in their 20s and 30s sat around a table playing mahjong at a board game cafe ...

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,” ...

(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 ...

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A dozen people have gathered together on a cold and gray Sunday morning, each with an interest in the game of mah-jongg. About half could be described as the curious; one man is ...

In this op-ed, writer Sara Li unpacks a recent instance of three white women appropriating the Chinese game mahjong for profit. The year has barely begun and another case of cultural appropriation has ...