Asian language support

I recently purchased the MacBook OS X version 10.4.8. This is my first Mac.
I am having difficulty reading Chinese characters, especially on the internet. A couple of sites work fine, but most distort the characters or just have the empty boxes.
Additionally, does anyone have a suggestion about a more intuitive, Mac-compatible character input system? The one built-in with PCs is so easy, but the one that comes with the Mac is very primitive.
Thanks so much for your help!
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

A couple of sites work
fine, but most distort the characters or just have
the empty boxes.
Could you provide the url of an example? Are you using Safari or another browser? Boxes could mean an encoding mismatch or missing font (but latter is unlikely).
Additionally, does anyone have a suggestion about a
more intuitive, Mac-compatible character input
system? The one built-in with PCs is so easy, but
the one that comes with the Mac is very primitive.
Read this site to make sure you know all the options for the Mac Chinese IM's, and also try QIM:
http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac/pages/input_methods.html#Apple

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