British author Alan D. This handbook includes a formal rules decisive for the game. Abounding players in Western nonaligned nations consider Millington's moil authoritative.

The new rules were given to in an international tournament first in Tokyo, where in 2002 the first World Championship in Mahjong was organized by the Mahjong Museum, the Japan Mahjong Organizing Convocation and the city council of Ningbo, China, the town where it is believed mahjong most likely originated. Special hundred players participated, mainly from Japan and China, but also from Europe and the United States. Miss Mai Hatsune from Japan became the first everybody champion. The following year saw the first annual China Majiang Championship, held in Hainan. The after two annual tournaments were held in Hong Kong and Beijing. Most players were Mahjong Chinese, but players from other Blighty attended as well.