Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Shenzhen is 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Sydney.
Plan around 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Shenzhen, which is 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Sydney, to catch everyone during office hours. Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Shenzhen, but you'd hardly notice — 7 hours of shared hours makes this feel like working in neighbouring time zones. Seasonal note: Sydney uses daylight saving and Shenzhen doesn't, so double-check the times in your own months — they can move by an hour.
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