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How America's mahjong craze is throwing a Chinese manufacturing town a lifeline

NPR | By Jennifer Pak
Published October 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM MDT

America's craze for mahjong is handing an unexpected lifeline to tile makers in a small Chinese manufacturing town.

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Jennifer Pak
Jennifer Pak is NPR’s China correspondent. She has been covering China and the region for the past two decades.