On Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 02:26 PM, Michael Everson wrote:

> That said, it should be pointed out that those responsible for the
> CJK characters in the standard are those who belong to the IRG, the
> Ideographic Rapporteur Group, which reports to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
> This group is made up of the national bodies and/or industrial groups
> of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the
> U.S.
>

Not to mention the Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR. That gives the IRG all
four Chinas, both Koreas, and the one and only Japan, plus change. :-)

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