Hi Nicholas, I am not sure how much the following link can help but at least it is related to your question. http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Reading-Chinese-Language-GB2312-Input-td4647581.html Good luck! JS -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/About-Read-in-csv-Files-with-Chinese-Characters-tp4703514p4703538.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.