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		shagie on Oct 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things to know about sleep as the clocks go back China's timezone is calibrated for Shanghai. The western border is about two hours off of solar time ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone#/media/File:Solar_ti... ). Compare China's +8:30 which border's India's +5:30.

seanmcdirmid on Oct 28, 2017 [–]

Urumqi is about 1.5 hours off, and stores/schools have localized schedules to compensate. I guess Kashgar is even more worse off.

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