gb2312
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GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text
The GB2312
encoding implements GB 2312-1980, a
PRC national standard for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters.
Multibyte characters in the GB2312 encoding can be one byte or two
bytes long. GB 11383-1981 (ASCII) characters
are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F. Simplified
Chinese characters are represented by two bytes, both in the range
0xA1-0xFE.
The GB2312
encoding is believed to be compatible with
GB 2312-1980. This standard has been superseded by
GB 18030-2000, but is still in wide use.