Looking for something totally unrelated, I ran across this article: On Search: I18n, which says:

... if you need to do serious text processing in the CJK domain and you’re not already a native-speaker with computer programming experience in the space, you should purchase Ken Lunde’s excellent book on the subject from O’Reilly.

The quote would appear to pertain to this book: CJKV Information Processing, by Ken Lunde.

HTH,