Chinese characters at UN a non-issue</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Chinese characters at UN a non-issue"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Chinese,characters,at,UN,a,non-issue"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">13-04-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Chinese characters at UN a non-issue</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_QrCD0HfkmVxNZP1VfVRX_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Taipei, Taiwan (Tawiwan headlines): The Beijing-based Morning Post reported on March 23 that the UN had decided to ensure that all documents that were translated into Chinese appeared only in simplified characters from 2008. The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that the UN had used simplified Chinese characters in its documents since China joined the organization in 1971, and that it was strange that a Chinese linguist had decided to comment on the issue now. Simplified Chinese characters are used in China and Singapore, while traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=8&recordid=93424 " target="blank">english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=8&recordid=93424 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show