China to Institute Daylight-Saving Time
United Press International
PEKING —
China announced Friday that it will introduce daylight-saving time this spring to conserve energy and foster an “early to bed, early to rise” habit in the nation of 1 billion people.
A Communist Party circular ordered that all clocks be set ahead one hour at 2 a.m. May 4.
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