Mahjong NewsThe latest news from all over the world about mahjong - free and independent.Man collapses in mahjong ecstasy- August 30, 2007 (China Daily) A court in Jiangning District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, has backed appeals for compensation of 400 yuan each from friends, by the family of a man who became paralyzed after a sudden collapse during a mahjong game.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/23/content_6038037.htm 'Multi-player' laureated- August 23, 2007 Dutch player Anton Ksters was laureated after the Austrian Open championship for being the first player to have participated in more than twenty official international tournaments.http://www.mahjongnews.com/europe.htm Mahjong might cause epilepsy- August 5, 2007 HONG KONG, August 4 - A study by doctors in Hong Kong has concluded that epilepsy can be induced by mahjong. The findings, published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal, were based on 23 cases of people who had suffered mahjong-induced seizures.http://www.mahjongnews.com/epilepsy.htm Forum for Mahjong Competition Rules- August 1, 2007 The Mahjong News Forum about the Mahjong Competition Rules is opened again. Mahjong players who have questions about the 'new mahjong' (a.k.a. Chinese Official), can ask questions here.http://www.mahjongnews.com/forum.htm 'Nobody will play with us anymore'- August 1, 2007 "Nobody will play with us at our home anymore." That was one complaint popular singer Yu Tien made when he learned his daughter Hsiao-ping was the second runner-up in the first World Series of Mahjong competition in Macau.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/06/19/112748/Nobody-will.htm |