Problems Loading Annotation XML with Unicode Characters

Hello, I am using .NET LeadTools v15 and am having issues trying to load a saved annotation XML that has unicode characters in the annotations text. The problem is that after the annotation is loaded, the text has incorrect characters in it.
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The code I am using is quite simple:
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AnnContainer anns = new AnnContainer();<br />
AnnCodecs annCodecs = new AnnCodecs();
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MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(annStr));
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annCodecs.Load(stream, anns, 1);
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I have saved the annotation xml string in a file which is attached to this message. <br /><br />
I can use the annCodecs.Load method to load the annotation file, and then the characters come out properly. But my application is not going to be reading files, it is going to be passed strings, and loading the string that is in the file is not working properly.
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As you can see, the resulting annotations text should be "錢莊吸血 月息15分榨乾唐雅君" but is actually coming out as "錢莊吸血 月息15分榨乾唐雅君".
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Any idea what could be wrong here?
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Thanks

I also want to note hear, you will need to have the Easy Asian Languages support installed to be able to see the Chineese characters in my annotation file.

I have tested the issue here and I was able to load your text correctly from stream.

Here is the code I used to load the ANN file:

FileStream FSstream = new FileStream(annFileName, System.IO.FileMode.Open);

Byte[] buffer = new Byte[FSstream.Length];
FSstream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)FSstream.Length);
FSstream.Close();
MemoryStream MSstream = new MemoryStream(buffer);
MSstream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
AnnCodecs.Load(MSstream, container, 1);

You will find attached also a
ZIP file that contains both the JPEG image and the ANN file I worked with and a screenshot of how the test was displayed at my end.

Can you please tell me the LEADTOOLS DLLs build number(Version info) that you are working with?