import java.io.*;

public class ReadInChineseCharactersSSCCE {

	public static void main(String[] args) {    
	    try 
	    {
	        boolean isRunning = true;

	        //Raw flow of input data from the console
	        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
	        //Allows you to read the stream, using either the default character encoding, else the specified encoding;
	        InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, "UTF-8");
	        //Adds functionality for converting the stream being read in, into Strings(?)
	        BufferedReader input_BufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);


	        //Raw flow of outputdata to the console
	        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
	        //Write a stream, from a given bit of text
	        OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8");
	        //Adds functionality to the base ability to write to a stream
	        BufferedWriter output_BufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(outputStreamWriter);



	        while(isRunning) {
	            System.out.println();//force extra newline
	            System.out.print("> ");

	            //To read in a line of text (as a String):
	            String userInput_asString = input_BufferedReader.readLine();

	            //To output a line of text:
	            String outputToUser_fromString_englishFromCode = "foo"; //outputs correctly
	            output_BufferedWriter.write(outputToUser_fromString_englishFromCode);
	            output_BufferedWriter.flush();

	            System.out.println();//force extra newline

	            String outputToUser_fromString_ChineseFromCode = "之謂甚"; //outputs correctly
	            output_BufferedWriter.write(outputToUser_fromString_ChineseFromCode);
	            output_BufferedWriter.flush();

	            System.out.println();//force extra newline

	            String outputToUser_fromString_userSupplied = userInput_asString; //outputs correctly when given English text, garbled when given Chinese text
	            output_BufferedWriter.write(outputToUser_fromString_userSupplied);
	            output_BufferedWriter.flush();

	            System.out.println();//force extra newline

	        }
	    }
	    catch (Exception e) {
	        // TODO: handle exception
	    }
	}
}

> 之謂甚
foo
之謂甚
之謂ç"š

> oaea
foo
之謂甚
oaea

> mixed input - English: fubar; Chinese: 之謂甚;
foo
之謂甚
mixed input - English: fubar; Chinese: 之謂ç"š;

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