Inserting chinese characters

hi
I have my Database with UTF-8 characterset.
I have sql file that contains data in chinese characters.
I need to run this sql and insert data into my database tables.
The sql file is simple text file saved in UTF-8 encoding.
Do I need to install chinese font on my machine to be able to run the sql successfully?
My nls_lang setting is AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8.
kelvin

What is your operating system characterset? What is your database's operating system? What version of Oracle do you use?

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