How can I make Chinese characters show in IE8 without forcing compatibility mode?

Question

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Answer 1

it's not an encoding problem. The issue is plainly seen on this page, which has the correct utf-8 meta tag: http://www.jp41.com/internet-explorer/chinese/.

The problem is that IE8's default font for Chinese is set to nothing!

Here's the fix.

1. Push alt to bring up the file menu.

2. Go to /tools/internet options/fonts/

3. Set the "Language Script" to Chinese Simplified

4. Select the only option - Arial Unicode MS

5. Accept the changes- problem solved.

This oversight affects Chinese Traditional, Korean, Japanese, and probably most other asian languages.

Image if issue being resolved:
http://www.robertpate.net/blog/wp-content/media/ie8-chinese-bug-fullsize.jpg