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Time Difference Between China and other Countries
Time difference between China and following countries lists necessary time zones information in China and following countries. This form can be a tool for your China travel planning. Beijing Time is adopted as the standard time in the whole country, which is 8 hours ahead of GMT and 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. When it's 12:00 at noon am in Beijing, the standard time in the following countries is as below:

How is the time difference between two countries calculated?
The earth has 360 imaginary lines called longitudes or meridians running vertically between the poles. Each of these longitudes is called a degree. The 0 degree longitude passing through Greenwich, near London, is considered as standard and the time of all other time zones are calculated accordingly. The time difference between each longitude (each degree) is 4 minutes. So if it is 12 noon at Greenwich (0 degree), it would be 12:04 pm at 1 degree meridian and so on.In china, the standard meridian is 116-and-half degree. So the time difference between Greenwich and India is 116 x 4, which is 464 minutes (5 hours 30 minutes).