Beijing is 12 hours ahead of Montreal

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

For Montreal and Beijing, the standard workday in one city falls outside office hours in the other — that's what 12 hours of distance does. Keep live syncs short and infrequent, and let written updates carry the day-to-day between Montreal and Beijing. Watch the DST gap — when Montreal changes its clocks and Beijing stays the same, this window slides by an hour.