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China's time zone is interesting, mostly a reflection of the fact that like 80% of the population lives in a north-south strip along the coast, largely within o
by retrac 3y ago
China's time zone is interesting, mostly a reflection of the fact that like 80% of the population lives in a north-south strip along the coast, largely within one "natural" time zone. The further you are from the east coast, the weirder it is. It may be 7 am in both Beijing and Urumqi, but everyone in Urumqi is still asleep because the sun won't be up for a couple more hours.
- ianburrell 3y agoThe far west of China sometimes uses a local time zone, Xinjiang Time that is two hours ahead. That indicates that two hours is too far for one time zone. I get the impression is that usage of local time is on ethnic lines and may have disappeared after crackdown.