Thanks for your careful analyis. Some comments:
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:24:20 +0800 From: Anthony Fok <anthony@thizlinux.com>
In English, the region is far more commonly called Eastern Turkestan, even today. At least, that's what Google says (2650 hits versus 766).
the term "Eastern Turkestan" refers to the historic name of the region, as a country, when it was outside China's rule for brief periods in history.
OK, sorry, then I misunderstood the boundaries. As far as I know, though, the region was not controlled by China until after the Manchus conquered it in 1759, so it was independent (or anarchic :-) for more than just "brief periods".
west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Eastern Turkestan), China
Wow, that's quite a mouthful. How about just "southwest Xinjiang" instead? That's shorter.
I have also changed "Macao" to "Macau". Why? :-) 1. Macau is the official name (in both English and Portuguese). See www.macau.gov.mo, for example. 2. On recent trips to Macau, I can no longer find any signs that say "Macao". 3. ISO 3166 says MO = Macau in English; MO = Macao in French. 4. On Google, Macau: 810000 hits; Macao: 311000 hits.
Sounds good; thanks.
+CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and most eastern locations in China +CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin northeast China - Heilongjiang +CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc. +CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Tibet (Xizang) & most of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions, China +CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Eastern Turkestan), China
Hmm, that can't be right: you've got Guangdong in two different zones. How about something like this instead? I'll try to see if I can come up with a more complete list of provinces, but I don't want the comments field to be so large that 'tzselect' produces confusing output. CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc. CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc. CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Tibet & most of Xinjiang CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar southwest Xinjiang