China Has Only One Time Zone
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jerlam
3 months ago
I wonder if that weird connection between suicide/cancer and living further west in a single time zone applies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42314747
fjfaase
3 months ago
In Urumqi people simply do everything two hours later than normal. The tradition working hours would be 10AM to 2PM and 4PM to 8PM.
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