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In 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, the Central People's Government abolished the five time zones and announced to use a single time zone UTC+08:00 named Beijing Time (北京时间). The term Changhua Standard Time (中原標準時間) was still used by the Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan until the early 2000s.
Time zone changes in Tibet are undocumented, but Beijing Time was in use until at least the mid-1950s. Between 1969 and 1986, the time zone was switched repeatedly between Xinjiang Time and Beijing Time. [3] Daylight saving time was observed from 1945 to 1948, and from 1986 to 1991. [3]
Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+08:00), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−05:00), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in ...
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 21% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time.
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands. [1]In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from ...
Region Map Area Population (2010) Population Density Provinces/Region Provincial/Regional Seat North China 华北 (Huáběi): 1,556,061 km 2: 164,823,226 105/km 2: Beijing
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Capital city of China "Peking" redirects here. For other uses, see Beijing (disambiguation) and Peking (disambiguation). Capital and municipality in China Beijing 北京 Peking Capital and municipality Beijing Municipality Beijing central business district with the China Zun (center ...
Beijing 北京: 30 October 1644 [10] – 12 February 1912 [11] Republic of China: Nanjing 南京: 1 January 1912 – 2 April 1912: Provisional Government: Beijing 北京: 2 April 1912 – 30 May 1928: Beiyang government [11] Fengtian 奉天: 30 May 1928 – 29 December 1928: Beiyang government: Guangzhou 廣州: 1 July 1925 – 21 February 1927 ...