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October 19, 2008
Random China Factoid du Jour
Speaking of China, here is my favorite little-known China factoid: Despite being roughly the same distance from east-to-west as the U.S. -- about 5,000 km -- all of China shares the same timezone. There is something winningly Mao-ist about the idea of saying to your citizenry, "Screw the sun, you're all going to just have to deal with it".
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