diff --git a/json_object.c b/json_object.c
index 344af51..05f0d95 100644
--- a/json_object.c
+++ b/json_object.c
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ static int json_escape_str(struct printbuf *pb, const char *str, int len, int fl
 {
 	int pos = 0, start_offset = 0;
 	unsigned char c;
+	/* the previous byte. It's used for identifying rarely-used Chinese characters in GBK charset, those characters's the second byte is just the backslash '\'(0x5C)  */
+	unsigned char old_c = '\1';
 	while (len--)
 	{
 		c = str[pos];
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ static int json_escape_str(struct printbuf *pb, const char *str, int len, int fl
 			else if(c == '\t') printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\t", 2);
 			else if(c == '\f') printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\f", 2);
 			else if(c == '"') printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\\"", 2);
-			else if(c == '\\') printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\\\", 2);
+			else if(c == '\\' && old_c < 0x80) printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\\\", 2); /* If the previous byte is ASCII character, this byte is escape character. */
+			else if(c == '\\' && old_c >= 0x80) printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\", 1); /* Else these two bytes are maybe a double-byte GBK character. */
 			else if(c == '/') printbuf_memappend(pb, "\\/", 2);
 
 			start_offset = ++pos;
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ static int json_escape_str(struct printbuf *pb, const char *str, int len, int fl
 			} else
 				pos++;
 		}
+
+		old_c = c;
 	}
 	if (pos - start_offset > 0)
 		printbuf_memappend(pb, str + start_offset, pos - start_offset);
diff --git a/json_tokener.c b/json_tokener.c
index 561f730..061a845 100644
--- a/json_tokener.c
+++ b/json_tokener.c
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
       {
 	/* Advance until we change state */
 	const char *case_start = str;
+	/* the previous byte. It's used for identifying rarely-used Chinese characters in GBK charset, those characters's the second byte is just the backslash '\'(0x5C)  */
+	unsigned char old_c = '\1';
 	while(1) {
 	  if(c == tok->quote_char) {
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
@@ -542,12 +544,14 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
 	    saved_state = json_tokener_state_finish;
 	    state = json_tokener_state_eatws;
 	    break;
-	  } else if(c == '\\') {
+	  } else if(c == '\\' && old_c < 0x80) { /* If the previous byte is not ASCII character, maybe this is a double-byte GBK character, we can skip it. */
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
 	    saved_state = json_tokener_state_string;
 	    state = json_tokener_state_string_escape;
 	    break;
 	  }
+
+	  old_c = c;
 	  if (!ADVANCE_CHAR(str, tok) || !PEEK_CHAR(c, tok)) {
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
 	    goto out;
@@ -885,6 +889,8 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
       {
 	/* Advance until we change state */
 	const char *case_start = str;
+	/* the previous byte. It's used for identifying rarely-used Chinese characters in GBK charset, those characters's the second byte is just the backslash '\'(0x5C)  */
+	unsigned char old_c = '\1';
 	while(1) {
 	  if(c == tok->quote_char) {
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
@@ -892,12 +898,14 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
 	    saved_state = json_tokener_state_object_field_end;
 	    state = json_tokener_state_eatws;
 	    break;
-	  } else if(c == '\\') {
+	  } else if(c == '\\' && old_c < 0x80) { /* If the previous byte is not ASCII character, maybe this is a double-byte GBK character, we can skip it. */
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
 	    saved_state = json_tokener_state_object_field;
 	    state = json_tokener_state_string_escape;
 	    break;
 	  }
+
+	  old_c =c;
 	  if (!ADVANCE_CHAR(str, tok) || !PEEK_CHAR(c, tok)) {
 	    printbuf_memappend_fast(tok->pb, case_start, str-case_start);
 	    goto out;