HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though China is almost as wide as the continental United States, the whole country is officially in just one time zone-Beijing time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geographically, China covers five time zones (Zhongyuan, Longshu, Tibet, Kunlun and Changbai Time Zones). However, the standard times used in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Province are the same, for they are all in the same time zone (UTC+8), 8 hours ahead of the Universal Time Coordinated.
Detailed explanation-4: -Here’s why. India stretches 3, 000km (1, 864 miles) from east to west, spanning roughly 30 degrees longitude. This corresponds with a two-hour difference in mean solar times-the passage of time based on the position of the sun in the sky.
Detailed explanation-5: -Complete answer: The People’s Republic of China spans geographically across five different time zones when measured from the Greenwich Mean time or the Universal Coordinated time as the case may be. However, the country observes one time across all the extent of the territory of China.