I lived for a year in southwestern China, before beginning my Ph.D. program. And when I was there, I saw mah-jongg everywhere. It was just really a part of the fabric of public life as well as ...

Everyone chuckles. Each player has a card printed by the National Mah Jongg League, based in New York City, which displays the various combinations allowed that year. The league updates the cards ...

Five bam. Flower. Two crak. Soap. West. Nine dot. Call – Mah Jongg! Sounds like secret code, but it’s what you might hear when you walk into a room where American Mah Jongg is being played.

Hearing they planned to break the previous Mah Jongg record of 25 hours, someone once asked the Sea Trail women, “Are you the Dragon Ladies?” The name stuck. In a 28-hour-long, round-the-clock ...

But there is more to the story. Oro Valley has a Mah Jongg League called the Dangling Dragons. Holly Ravitz won first place last year, and this year, her sister, Janice Shinn, was the winner.

Tuesday afternoons at the TSC are hopping! As you approach the auditorium, you will likely hear ping-pong balls fly and mah jongg tiles click. Players on both sides of the room coexist as they ...

Chinatown's main Lunar New Year festivities are taking place at the Dragon City Mall ... a luncheon of Chinese dishes and a mah-jong tournament. Admission is free and events take place Saturday ...