In this April 18, 2019, photo, Cheung Shun-king, 65-year-old mahjong game tiles maker, makes a tile in his shop in Kowloon's old neighborhood of Hong Kong. Hand-carved mahjong tiles is a dying art in ...
Mahjong is an ancient Chinese game for four players that uses 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. For many, it's been considered a game played by older ladies, like bridge. But just ...
In this April 18, 2019, photo, Cheung Shun-king, 65-year-old mahjong game tile maker, poses with his tiles in his shop in Kowloon’s old neighborhood of Hong Kong. Hand-carved mahjong tiles is a dying ...
Behind the nondescript door of the Lei Family’s Association on Waverly Place is the answer to how elderly Chinese residents survive the isolation of being an immigrant. Two rows of square tables fill ...
HONG KONG — Just opposite the entrance to a neon-lit night market, one of Hong Kong’s few remaining carvers of mahjong tiles engraves the two Chinese characters for the number 8,000 on a piece of ...