Chinese support

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Hi,

I am trying to install Chinese simplified support for a colleague in FC 1 but 
I have some issues.

I need an English desktop with occasional Chinese text input for kmail, OO 
etc.. Now my colleague has to change the "language" (system 
setttings-->language, with root password!!), logout and log back in.
- How can I avoid the language/user change?

I believe that the Chinese input program installed is XCin. The feedback that 
I get is that it is very slow and inefficient compared to the Windoze 
version.
- Has anybody seen/installed something better?

Some guidance would be appreciated.

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