I was right. =)

My aunt and uncle confirmed it. China really only has one time zone. Yes, one time zone for a country that seems as wide as the US.

Originally I thought it was some way for the government to control/mess with people because for people in Xinjiang and whatever else is on the west side of China, at 8 pm, it's still super bright (like 4 -5 pm pacific time) there…but after my uncle made me realize that it wasn't just because the government felt like having one time zone, it actually makes a lot of sense.

Anyways, to adjust, (the few) people in xinjiang and whatever else is out there (not much tho, really) just shift their schedules and work from like 11 AM to 8/830 pm and sleep at like 2 am. (This used to sound really normal for me because this is my school sleep schedule, but in China I pass out at 11:30 pm and get up at 715 on the weekdays and now I can barely make it to 1 am...)

So why does this make sense? Well now there's no confusion as to what time your meeting/flight/phone call is….did you know that Detroit is in the eastern time zone even though it's in the Midwest? Yup, and yet they still put a major airport where practically all flights transfer in Detroit. (I think Dallas-FW is 2 hours behind EST? maybe it's one…but you get the point.)

Chinese people are so smart. No need to say, I'll call you at 9 pm my time. Having one time zone would also be super nice because then it eliminates the confusion about cell phones and free minutes after 9 pm. When I call Jessica at Northwestern, do I have to wait til 10 pm my time because it's not after 9 pm her time? Or does it not even matter because I'm the one calling her?
First the metric system, now time zones. What's next?