Soft power refers to influence achieved not through coercion or economic leverage, but through cultural appeal and shared ...

A major new residential accommodation scheme in Birmingham city centre has reached two significant milestones. The first ...

When I came across a local mahjong group that was offering an open play event and lesson for beginners, I stepped way out of ...

Once viewed as a game for the elders, mahjong is becoming popular with Gen Z and millennial Asian Americans as a way to meet people in the Seattle area.

It was the first time the Virginia Tech senior political science major had played the popular strategic tile game imported ... the Blacksburg Newcomers Club Mahjong group, which had a teacher ...

Devotees of the 19th-century Chinese tile-based game wait impatiently each year for the new National Mah Jongg League card. This year, they’ve had to do it twice.

Mahjong uses a set of 144 tiles. A set contains three simple suits of stones, characters, and bamboo, as well as two honor suits of winds and dragons, and an optional suit of flowers.

This workshop, led by a father-daughter team, Karen and Master Ricky Cheung (whose expertise spans over 50 years), teaches participants how to craft mahjong tiles by hand, offering a hands-on ...

What has fueled such competitiveness? Mah jongg, the tile-based game developed in China around the mid-1800s that most resembles gin rummy, if one was forced to make a comparison. “Don’t play ...

The Amazon professional Chinese Mahjong set ($90) offers a clear and sleek design that’s perfect for pros and beginners alike. It comes with a handy travel case and trays that make moving it around ...