.NET Chinese CultureInfo “zh” does not exist?
问题 I'm using .NET 3.5 and running the following code: var culture = new CultureInfo("zh"); // Throws ArgumentException I got the string "zh" from an xml:lang attribute. I don't understand why an exception is thrown, because for instance "de" (wich is parent for "de-DE") is working fine. The culture "zh-CN" does work, but thats nothing that I can use. Edit: It works on .NET 4.5.1 (thanks to xanatos) - so even if the MSDN page explains that Chinese is an exception, the behaviour is different in