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TIL that all of China uses one time zone. On July 1, sunrise in the country’s east is at 3:05 am and sunset in the country’s west is at 10:26 pm. On Jamuary 1, sunrise in the west is at 10:16 am and sunset in the east is at 3:18 pm.

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