diff --git a/app/Contracts/Resource.php b/app/Contracts/Resource.php
index 069808a2..f31f9e32 100644
--- a/app/Contracts/Resource.php
+++ b/app/Contracts/Resource.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace App\Contracts;
 
+use App\Support\Resources\CustomAnonymousResourceCollection;
+use App\Support\Resources\CustomPaginatedResourceResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+use Illuminate\Pagination\AbstractPaginator;
 
 /**
  * Base class for a resource/response
@@ -26,4 +29,28 @@ class Resource extends JsonResource
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Customize the response to exclude all the extra data that isn't used. Based on:
+     * https://gist.github.com/derekphilipau/4be52164a69ce487dcd0673656d280da
+     *
+     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function toResponse($request)
+    {
+        return $this->resource instanceof AbstractPaginator
+                    ? (new CustomPaginatedResourceResponse($this))->toResponse($request)
+                    : parent::toResponse($request);
+    }
+
+    public static function collection($resource)
+    {
+        return tap(new CustomAnonymousResourceCollection($resource, static::class), function ($collection) {
+            if (property_exists(static::class, 'preserveKeys')) {
+                $collection->preserveKeys = (new static([]))->preserveKeys === true;
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAuth.php b/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAuth.php
index cb889812..ea449626 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAuth.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAuth.php
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class ApiAuth implements Middleware
             return $user;
         });
 
+        // Force english locale for API
+        app()->setLocale('en');
+
         return $next($request);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/JsonResponse.php b/app/Http/Middleware/JsonResponse.php
index 53b3f17d..7a848e77 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/JsonResponse.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/JsonResponse.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class JsonResponse implements Middleware
     {
         $response = $next($request);
         $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+        $response->headers->set('charset', 'utf-8');
 
         return $response;
     }
diff --git a/app/Support/Resources/CustomAnonymousResourceCollection.php b/app/Support/Resources/CustomAnonymousResourceCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5397e2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Support/Resources/CustomAnonymousResourceCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Support\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\AnonymousResourceCollection;
+use Illuminate\Pagination\AbstractPaginator;
+
+class CustomAnonymousResourceCollection extends AnonymousResourceCollection
+{
+    public function toResponse($request)
+    {
+        return $this->resource instanceof AbstractPaginator
+                    ? (new CustomPaginatedResourceResponse($this))->toResponse($request)
+                    : parent::toResponse($request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Support/Resources/CustomPaginatedResourceResponse.php b/app/Support/Resources/CustomPaginatedResourceResponse.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ddcbdf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Support/Resources/CustomPaginatedResourceResponse.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Support\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\PaginatedResourceResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+
+class CustomPaginatedResourceResponse extends PaginatedResourceResponse
+{
+    protected function paginationLinks($paginated)
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    protected function meta($paginated)
+    {
+        return Arr::except($paginated, [
+            'data',
+            'first_page_url',
+            'last_page_url',
+            'prev_page_url',
+            'next_page_url',
+            'links',
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ApiTest.php b/tests/ApiTest.php
index 7e73b3bb..924effc4 100644
--- a/tests/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiTest.php
@@ -104,6 +104,36 @@ class ApiTest extends TestCase
              ->assertJson(['data' => ['name' => $airline->name]]);
     }
 
+    public function testGetAirlinesChineseChars()
+    {
+        $this->user = factory(User::class)->create([
+            'airline_id' => 0,
+        ]);
+
+        factory(Airline::class)->create([
+            'icao' => 'DKH',
+            'name' => '吉祥航空',
+        ]);
+
+        factory(Airline::class)->create([
+            'icao' => 'CSZ',
+            'name' => '深圳航空',
+        ]);
+
+        factory(Airline::class)->create([
+            'icao' => 'CCA',
+            'name' => '中国国际航空',
+        ]);
+
+        factory(Airline::class)->create([
+            'icao' => 'CXA',
+            'name' => '厦门航空',
+        ]);
+
+        $res = $this->get('/api/airlines');
+        $this->assertTrue($res->isOk());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws Exception
      */