I thought I'd start a new thread on this, as this seems quite an
important issue.

If you would like your applications to look the same on English and
Chinese Windows XP systems, you have to change the default
Form font "Microsoft Sans Serif" to a different one (Arial, Tahoma etc)

Otherwise all window sizes and control sizes will vary on Chinese systems.
It can look a real mess.

I'd really like to know the answer to why that is so.
Especially when "Microsoft Sans Serif" is set as your default Form font.