Until 1913, the official time standard for the whole of China was still the apparent solar time of Beijing, the capital of the country at the time. Starting in 1914, the Republic of China government began adopting the Beijing Local Mean Solar Time as the official time standard.
(titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mixter: Mx; (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am)
The Basics. â 1 Mr.â is the default social title for a man. 2  Formally, boys are called âMasterâ until about age six or seven, then have no title until age sixteen to eighteen, when they assume âMr.â. 3  The plural âThe Messrsâ is used to address two brothers at the same address and most often used on the inner envelope of a wedding invitation.