How can I make Chinese characters show in IE8 without forcing compatibility mode?

Question

All the solutions for this issue say to use , which works because it forces the browser t

Answer 1

Setting the following font-family in CSS worked for me:

font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

Because in this case, Arial Unicode MS is the only available font for Chinese Simplified.

Update: Thanks to Spike, the order of the first two fonts was wrong. Corrected.