Taiwan party's goal: Make mahjong great again

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 24, 2022 12:12 am

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan: As Taiwan hurtles toward becoming a 'super-aged' society, a new political party has emerged with an unusual and somewhat singular platform: making mahjong great again.

The centuries-old Chinese tile game is popular in Taiwan, especially among the elderly, but thanks to a quirk of legal history from the self-ruling island's martial law era, it inhabits something of a gray space.

BUILD THAT WALL Mahjong players move tiles during a round of the game at a parlor in the city of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan on Nov. 12, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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