TAIWAN TIME ZONE

Pro-independence Taiwanese urge Taiwan to change time zone

epa06276083 A watch is placed on Taiwan map in Taipei, Taiwan, 19 October 2017. On 19 October, the United Evening News reported that some Taiwanese are urging the government to move the clock one hour further behind the GMT, so that Taiwan can leave China's time zone and show the world that Taiwan is not part of China. The proposal was made by one person on the parliament's website and nearly six thousand people have joined in the debate, with some backing the idea while others oppose it. Currently Taiwan obseves the Beijing Standard Time, which is eight hours behind GMT, while Japan and South Korea are nine hours behind the GMT. Opponents say that the suggestion to change time zone is politically-notivated and ridiculous. They warn that changing time zone will cause many problems, including disrupting international flights and affecting financing firms' operation. China sees Taiwan as its breakway province and has threatened to recover Taiwan by force if Taipei declares independence or indefinitely delays holding unification talks with the mainland. EPA/DAVID CHANG

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