Convert Web Documents between GB and Big5

This form allows you to select the URL for a web page containing Chinese characters. It will return that web page, with the encoding switched from GB or HZ to Big5 or UTF-8, Big5 to GB, HZ or UTF-8, or between GB and HZ. This could be useful for users who can only read one of these encoding types.

There may some problems clicking on external links. I've tried to make that possible but may have missed some cases. Java applets will also not load. For URL's that just end in a site name or directory, be sure to end it with a slash to make the external links work properly. For example, for my home page the best format is "http://www.erols.com/eepeter/" rather than "http://www.erols.com/eepeter". For URL's that end with an html file, you do not need to do anything special.

There are probably other problems I haven't found yet. I'm working on them all and would appreciate hearing suggestions or ideas. Enjoy!

Sorry, but due to changes in my ISP's server, this tool no longer works. If I change servers, I will restore it. Some sample URL's you can paste into the URL field above:

http://www.cnd.org/HXWZ/new.b5.html
The latest edition of China News Digest (Big5)
http://www.chinapage.com/laozi724.html
The text of the Dao De Jing (Big5)
http://www.cnd.org/HXWZ/new.gb.html
The latest edition of China News Digest (GB)
http://www.ifcss.org/china/wen2xue2/lu3xun4.1/na-han/KuangRen.gb
The text of "Kuangren Riji" (Diary of a Madman) by Lu Xun (GB, Text)
Any html or text file with Chinese text in it!
For sources of Chinese text files or other Chinese related web pages, please visit my Chinese links page.

I'm interested in hearing your ideas and suggestions for this tool. Please e-mail me at eepeter@erols.com with your comments. If you came to this page directly, you might also want to take a look at some of my other on-line Chinese tools.