Hello everyone. Need some help here with converting Chinese text to paths:

I was successful in typing Chinese text using "pinyin" (ABC) but as soon as I convert them to paths they become all the "garbish nonsense text" (eg #@!8etc) just like if you change the Chinese text font into an English one.

I though have no problem typing Chinese text the same way in Photoshop 7, and in Illustrator 10, and 'creating outlines' from them.

Now I have to do it in AI, copy the 'outlines' over and paste in FreeHand.

Any input and help is greatly greatly appreciated, thank you for your time and cheers.