China, with its large territory, spans across the longitude of five time zones. For the past few decades, however, the geographical region of China, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, has been in the same time zone which is eight hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8). Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed — see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area... It has been suggested that leap second be merged into this article or section. ... Chinese Standard Time Hong Kong Time Australian Western Standard Time Singapore Standard Time In detail Australia (AWST—Australian Western Standard Time) Western Australia (most of state) Brunei Peoples Republic of China, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Indonesia (Central) Malaysia Mongolia* (most of country) Philippines Russia Buryatia* Irkutsk...

Although all jurisdictions within the region are placed under the same time zone, due to historical and political reasons different jurisdictions keep their own time standard and have their own names.

• In mainland China, which is under the administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the time standard is called the Beijing Time or Chinese Standard Time. A summer daylight saving time was observed from 1986 through 1991; but not now.
• The territories under effective control of the Republic of China (ROC), such as the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy and Matsu, is within the same time zone as its Chungyuan Standard Time (or Central Standard Time), although it is now more frequently known as National Standard Time or Taiwan Time [1].
• In Hong Kong, the standard is called Hong Kong Time.
• In Macau, it is Macao Standard Time [2].

Map of the world color-coded with areas in blue observing daylight saving time. ... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... The Pescadores Islands (Chinese: 澎湖群島; Wade-Giles: Peng-hu; Pinyin: Pénghú, from Portuguese, fishermen) are an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait. ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... Matsu can refer to: Matsu, a significant sea goddess in Chinese culture. ... Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT) is the time in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

History

Time zones were first set up and made official in China in 1912 under the Republic of China. The country was divided into five time zones, namely GMT+5.5, GMT+6, GMT+7, GMT+8 and GMT+8.5. Before that, time varied, while astrological predictions was conducted according to the time standard based on the locations of then capitals of the imperial dynasties. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... UTC +6 is the timezone for : India Standard Time in India. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Communist Party took over mainland China. The government of the then ruling Kuomintang was relocated to Taipei (which controlled Taiwan and other islands). Combatants Chinese Nationalist Party Chinese Communist Party Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 3,600,000 circa June 1948 2,800,000 circa June 1948 The Chinese Civil War (Traditional Chinese: 國共内戰; Simplified Chinese: 国共内战; Pinyin: guógòng neìzhàn; literally Nationalist-Communist Civil War) was a conflict in... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Pinyin: Zhōngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhōngguó GuómíndÇŽng), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... Nickname: the City of Azaleas Government Official Website City of Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou Capital District Xinyi Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ... This is a list of islands under the Republic of China administration (all claimed by the Peoples Republic of China). ...

The communist People's Republic of China established one single time zone (UTC+8) for the entirety of its claimed territories, while the Republic of China under the Kuomintang continued to place the territories it administered under the UTC+8 time zone. In other words, the two had different policies, but the outcome was that they were all placed under the same time zone. Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October...

Since the mid-19th century until 1997 and 1999, Hong Kong and Macau had been colonies of the United Kingdom and Portugal respectively. Despite being part of the People's Republic of China, as special administrative regions they have their own policies regarding time zones over the respective regions. Due to their geographical locations, both are within the GMT/UTC+8 time zone. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Cantonese IPA: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Time zones of the Republic of China from 1912 to 1949

The time zones of the Republic of China (from 1912 to 1949)

In 1912, the Central Observatory of the Republic of China in Peking (Beijing) divided the country into five time zones, namely Kunlun Time Zone (GMT+5.5), Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone (GMT+6), Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone (GMT+7), Chungyuan Standard Time Zone(GMT+8), and Changpai Time Zone (GMT+8.5). These time zones were ratified in 1939 in the standard time conference of the Ministry of Interior of the Executive Yuan. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x610, 356 KB) Summary English The time zones of the Republic of China (on the mainland from 1912 to 1945, Taiwan and the Pescadores retroceded in 1945) This map was drawn by Alan Mak for Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x610, 356 KB) Summary English The time zones of the Republic of China (on the mainland from 1912 to 1945, Taiwan and the Pescadores retroceded in 1945) This map was drawn by Alan Mak for Wikipedia. ... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... UTC +6 is the timezone for : Bhutan Time Generic UTC+6 in other countries. ... UTC+7 is used in: Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam External links Find cities currently in UTC+7 Category: ... Chinese Standard Time Hong Kong Time Australian Western Standard Time Singapore Standard Time In detail Australia (AWST—Australian Western Standard Time) Western Australia (most of state) Brunei Peoples Republic of China, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Indonesia (Central) Malaysia Mongolia* (most of country) Philippines Russia Buryatia* Irkutsk... The Executive Yuan (行政院; literally executive court) is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China. ...

These time zones are not in effective use after 1949, when the PRC was established on mainland China because the new government had its own policies regarding the time zones on mainland China. However, as the ROC still claimed that she had sovereignty over mainland China, the time zones that were assigned in 1912 are still in use in the view of the Government of the ROC, which had retreated to Taiwan. That is the reason why some government departments on Taiwan still refer to the time on Taiwan as "Chungyuan Standard Time" nowadays, although a lot of people want to officially change the name of the time zone to "Taiwan Time".

Kunlun Time Zone

The Kunlun Time Zone (崑崙時區) was assigned to the area around the Kunlun mountain ranges in the far west of China, based on the time on the longitude 82°15'E. Administrative divisions within this time zone were: Region containing Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun mountain range (崑崙山) is one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3000 km. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...

• western part of the Sinkiang Province (now Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC))
• western part the Tibet Region (now part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the PRC)

Xinjiang (Uyghur: (Shinjang); Chinese: 新疆; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang), full name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى (Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni); Simplified Chinese: 新疆维吾尔自治区; Traditional Chinese: 新疆維吾爾自治區; Pinyin: Xīnjiāng Wéiwúěr Zìzhìqū), is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified Chinese: 西藏自治区; Traditional Chinese: 西藏自治區; Pinyin: Xīzàng Zìzhìqū), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone

The Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone (新藏時區) was named after the administrative divisions of Sinkiang and Tibet, which had the majority of their land lying in this time zone. The time zone also covered the western halves of their neighbouring administrative divisions. The time in this time zone was based on that on the longitude 90°E. Administrative divisions within this time zone included:

• eastern part of the Sinkiang Province (now Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• eastern part of the Tibet Region (now part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• western part of Tsinghai Province (now transliterated as Qinghai Province by the PRC)
• western part of Sikang Province (now part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan Province of the PRC)
• the western part of the Mongolia Region (now the independent state of Mongolia).

Qinghai (Chinese: 青海; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-hai; Postal System Pinyin: Tsinghai; Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་ mtsho-sngon; Mongolian: Köke Naγur; Manchu: Huhu Noor) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, named after the enormous Qinghai Lake. ... (Chinese: 四川; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; Postal Pinyin: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... Outer Mongolia makes up Mongolia (presently a sovereign state) and Tannu Uriankhai (the majority of which is the modern-day Tuva Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation), while Inner Mongolia (内蒙古; Nèi Měnggǔ) is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone

The Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone (隴蜀時區) covered the mid-western part of China, based on the longitude 105°E. Administrative divisions within this time zone were:

• Kansu Province (now transliterated as Gansu Province by the PRC)
• Szechuan Province (now part of the Sichuan Province of the PRC)
• Ningsia Province (now the Ningxia Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• Suiyuan Province (now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• Shensi Province (now transliterated as Shaanxi Province by the PRC)
• Kweichow Province (now transliterated as Guizhou Province by the PRC)
• Kwangsi Province (now transliterated as Guangxi Province by the PRC)
• Yunnan Province
• eastern half of the Tsinghai Province
• eastern half of the Sikang Province
• central part of the Mongolia Region

Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... (Chinese: 四川; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; Postal Pinyin: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... Ningxia (Simplified Chinese: 宁夏; Traditional Chinese: 寧夏; Pinyin: Níngxià; Wade-Giles: Ning-hsia; Postal Pinyin: Ningsia), full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Simplified Chinese: 宁夏回族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 寧夏回族自治區; Pinyin: Níngxià Huízú ZìzhìqÅ«), is a Hui autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China, located on the northwest Loess... Inner Mongolia (Mongolian: ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠨᠺᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠺᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ r Mongghul-un bertegen Jasaqu Orun; Chinese: 内蒙古自治区; Hanyu Pinyin: N i Měnggǔ Z qū) is an Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: 陕西; Traditional Chinese: 陝西; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a north-central province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling... Guizhou (Simplified Chinese: 贵州; Traditional Chinese: è²´å·ž; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuei-chou; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; pinyin: Yúnnán) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...

Chungyuan Standard Time Zone

The Chungyuan Standard Time Zone (中原標準時區), or Central Standard Time Zone, covered the densely populated area of the ROC, including the then capital Nanking. The time in this time zone was based on the longitude 120°E. Administrative divisions in this time zone were: The North China Plain (华北平原 Hua2bei3 Ping2yuan2) also called the Middle Plain (中原 Zhong1yuan2), is made of the deposits of the Huang He (Yellow River) and is the largest alluvial plain of eastern Asia. ... Nanjing (Chinese: 南京 [ ]; Romanizations: NánjÄ«ng (Pinyin) , Nan-ching (Wade-Giles), Nanking (Postal System Pinyin) ) is the capital of Chinas Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. ...

• Hsingan Province (now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• Liaopeh Province (now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• Chahar Province (now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
• Hopeh Province (now transliterated as Hebei Province by the PRC)
• Jehol Province (now part of the Hebei Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the PRC)
• Liaoning Province
• Shantung Province (now transliterated as Shandong Province by the PRC)
• Shansi Province (now transliterated as Shanxi Province by the PRC)
• Anhwei Province (no transliterated as Anhui Province by the PRC)
• Kiangsu Province (now transliterated as Jiangsu Province by the PRC)
• Chekiang Province (now transliterated as Zhejiang Province by the PRC)
• Hupeh Province (now transliterated as Hubei Province by the PRC)
• Hunan Provice
• Kiangsi Province (now transliterated as Jiangxi Province by the PRC)
• Fukien Province (now transliterated as Fujian Province by the PRC)
• Kwangtung Province (now transliterated as Guangdong Province by the PRC)
  • Hainan Special Administrative District (now Hainan Province of the PRC)
• Taiwan Province (retroceded by Japan in 1945 after the World War II, still administered by the Republic of China)
• eastern part of the Mongolia Region

Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shandong (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Anhui (Chinese: 安徽; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: An-hui; Postal System Pinyin: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: 江苏; Traditional Chinese: 江蘇; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ... Zhejiang (Chinese: 浙江; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning south of the lake). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province. ... Jiangxi (Chinese: 江西; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the Peoples Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south. ... (Chinese: 福建; Pinyin: Fújiàn; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hainan (Chinese: 海南; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United Kingdom United States and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000...

Changpai Time Zone

The Changpai Time Zone (長白時區) covered Northeast China. Named after the Changpai mountain range on the border between China and Korea, it was based on that on the longitude 127°30'E. Administrative divisions within this time zone included: Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: MÇŽnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... The Changbai (Changbaek) Mountains are a mountain range on the border between China and North Korea. ... Korea (Korean: (ì¡°ì„  or 한국, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...

• Heilungkiang Province (now part of the Heilongjiang Province of the PRC)
• Hokiang Province (now part of the Heilongjiang Province of the PRC)
• Kirin Province (now part of the Jilin Province of the PRC)
• Nunkiang Province (now part of the Jilin Province of the PRC)
• Sungkiang Province (now part of the Jilin Province the PRC)
• Antung Province (now part of the Liaoning Province of the PRC)

Heilongjiang (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江省; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江省; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Postal System Pinyin: Heilungkiang) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ... Jilin (Chinese: 吉林; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Postal System Pinyin: Kirin), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Time zones of the People's Republic of China in mainland China

Main article: Chinese Standard Time

After the Chinese Civil War with the then ruling Kuomintang, the Communist Party gained control of the Chinese mainland and established the People's Republic of China in 1949. A unified time zone - GMT+8 - was established for all its claimed territories, called Beijing Time (sometimes known as Chinese Standard Time). Certain regions of eastern Asia, including all of China, observe a time zone eight hours ahead of UTC, known as Chinese Standard Time. ... Combatants Chinese Nationalist Party Chinese Communist Party Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 3,600,000 circa June 1948 2,800,000 circa June 1948 The Chinese Civil War (Traditional Chinese: 國共内戰; Simplified Chinese: 国共内战; Pinyin: guógòng neìzhàn; literally Nationalist-Communist Civil War) was a conflict in... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhōngguó Guómíndǎng), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed — see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area...

For a time the people's congress of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, thanks to its geographical location in the westernmost part of the country, had a Ürümqi Time, which was 2 hours behind Beijing Time. This time standard is more usually observed by the ethnic Uyghurs and less common among ethnic Hans. [3] [4] [5] Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) (Chinese:维吾尔 or 維吾爾 ; in pinyin: wéiwúěr) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the dominant ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ...

Time zone of the Republic of China since 1949

Some Taiwan independence supporters have semi-seriously suggested advancing Taiwan's time zone by one hour as a symbolic assertion of Taiwan's separation from China. However, critics have pointed out that it would instead symbolize a reversion to Japanese colonialism, since Japan Standard Time is one hour ahead of Chinese Standard Time, even though Taiwan's time was one hour behind that of mainland Japan's before 1937, while Taiwan was under Japanese occupation from 1895 to 1945. Taiwan independence (Traditional Chinese: 台灣獨立; Pinyin: , Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân To̍k-li̍p; abbreviated to 台獨, Táidú, Tâi-to̍k) is a political movement whose goal is primarily to create an independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan (out of the lands currently administered by the... Japan Standard Time (日本標準時 or 中央標準時) is the standard timezone in Japan that is 9 hours ahead of UTC; i. ... The Home Islands refers to the four main islands of Japan: Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido. ...

Time zone of Hong Kong

Main article: Hong Kong Time

Hong Kong Time is the time standard in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The time is UTC+8 all year round. Due to longitude, Hong Kong has the same time as that in the rest of China. Therefore, Hong Kong Time is actually in the same time zone as the Chinese Standard Time. Greenwich Mean Time was adopted as the basis in 1904, and UTC was adopted as a standard in 1972. Before that, local time was determined by astronomical observations at the Hong Kong Observatory using a 6-inch Lee Equatorial and a 3-inch Transit Circle. Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT) is the time in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chinese Standard Time Hong Kong Time Australian Western Standard Time Singapore Standard Time In detail Australia (AWST—Australian Western Standard Time) Western Australia (most of state) Brunei Peoples Republic of China, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Indonesia (Central) Malaysia Mongolia* (most of country) Philippines Russia Buryatia* Irkutsk... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed — see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area... Certain regions of eastern Asia, including all of China, observe a time zone eight hours ahead of UTC, known as Chinese Standard Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Dark colours indicate countries observing daylight saving Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich in London. ...

Time zone of Macau

Main article: Macao Standard Time

The Macao Standard Time is the time standard in the Macao Special Aministrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Like the rest of China, it is also in the UTC+8 time zone all year round. Similar to Hong Kong, there was daylight saving time in the past. However, the low latitude in Macau makes it unnecessary to adopt a daylight saving time. Motto: none Anthem: March of the Volunteers Macau uses the national anthem of the PRC Capital none Historically, the capital was Macau Peninsula; government headquarters located in St. ... Map of the world color-coded with areas in blue observing daylight saving time. ...

See also

• other zones at UTC+8

Chinese Standard Time Hong Kong Time Australian Western Standard Time Singapore Standard Time In detail Australia (AWST—Australian Western Standard Time) Western Australia (most of state) Brunei Peoples Republic of China, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Indonesia (Central) Malaysia Mongolia* (most of country) Philippines Russia Buryatia* Irkutsk...

External links

Government departments responsible for time services:

• National Time Service Center, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (People's Republic of China, responsible for time standard in mainland China)
• Hong Kong Observatory (Hong Kong)
• Direccão dos Servicos Meterológicos e Geofisicos (Macau)
• Nation Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory, Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Republic of China)