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It's worse than that. In a few mile territory you have: IST - which is on a half hour. NPT - which is on a 15 minute. CST - which is several hours different (as China does not have timezones per say) BST - which is normal, but is only observed in a small part of the region.

When I visited Urumuqi, Beijing time was used but everything opened and closed much later than usual. It was very strange.

China us on one timezone.

In typical bullheaded fashion, all of China is set to Beijing time. No wonder the people in the East are trying to revolt!

Did you mean West?

Far Far Far East.

What is so weird? I've been there several times. I can assure you, it is no different than in any other country. You can wake up at 7am and the sun is out. The sun goes down at about 6pm.

Go out, leave your desk and explore the world.

I think it was chosen to emphasise that Nepal isn't part of India.