China extends 3,400 miles from the west to the east and falls into five different time zones. Yet, the country operates on a single standard of time, eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, all year round based on the time zone for Beijing, the country’s capital. A single Chinese time zone is as much [...]
Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at