In Taiwanese mahjong there are more tiles in a hand We consider the differences between classical Chinese mahjong, Japanese ...

Mahjong is played by millions of people. However, while the traditional tile-based strategy game is as popular as ever, there is one aspect of it that is dying. Mahjong tiles were once carved by ...

Eyebrows furrowed in careful concentration as he chisels images and Chinese characters onto mahjong tiles, 70-year-old Cheung Shun-king is one of the last craftsmen of his kind in Hong Kong.

I have been woken up numerous times [by] mahjong players." Mahjong is known to be quite a noisy game, as the heavy tiles often make clacking sounds as they are shuffled around. But their joy was ...