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However, the time zone for the rest of China remained undetermined. Until 1913, the official time standard for the whole of China was still the apparent solar time of Beijing, the capital of the country at the time. Starting in 1914, the Republic of China government began adopting the Beijing Local Mean Solar Time as the official time standard.
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Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [ 10 ] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas.
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
The first time zone plan was proposed by the Central Observatory (now Beijing Ancient Observatory) of the Beiyang government in Peking in 1918. The proposal divided the country into five time zones : Kunlun ( UTC+05:30 ), Sinkiang-Tibet ( UTC+06:00 ), Kansu-Szechwan ( UTC+07:00 ), Changhua ( UTC+08:00 ) and Chinghai ( UTC+08:30 ).
A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings, state media said. The China Meteorological Administration ...
Xiangxue station (Chinese: 香雪站; pinyin: Xiāngxuě Zhàn; Jyutping: hoeng 1 syut 3 zaam 6), is a station and the current terminus of Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2016. [1]
Gaotangshi station (Chinese: 高塘石站; pinyin: Gāotángshí Zhàn; Jyutping: gou 1 tong 4 sek 6 zaam 6), is a station of Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2016. It started operations on 28 December 2016.