note 54980 added to ref.mbstring

i am using php 4. and mysql 4.3 i have stored the data in chinese in the database and is visible but when i am accession the records, the data is comming in form of ?????? now i need this issue to be resolved, can anybody plz help me as it is very urgent ? :-) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54980 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54980&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54980&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php