Houston is 13 hours behind Beijing

There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.

Beijing and Houston sit on opposite ends of the clock — a 13-hour gap leaves no common business hours to work with. Lean on recorded updates, shared docs, and clear handoffs so the 13-hour gap doesn't stall progress between meetings. Note the seasonal wrinkle: when Houston is on daylight saving and Beijing isn't, the gap between them grows or shrinks by an hour.