diff --git a/dist/showdown.js b/dist/showdown.js
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diff --git a/dist/showdown.min.js b/dist/showdown.min.js
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diff --git a/dist/showdown.min.js.map b/dist/showdown.min.js.map
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diff --git a/src/subParsers/lists.js b/src/subParsers/lists.js
index 6bd24b0..ee4f30b 100644
--- a/src/subParsers/lists.js
+++ b/src/subParsers/lists.js
@@ -93,12 +93,16 @@ showdown.subParser('lists', function (text, options, globals) {
         item = showdown.subParser('lists')(item, options, globals);
         item = item.replace(/\n$/, ''); // chomp(item)
         item = showdown.subParser('hashHTMLBlocks')(item, options, globals);
+        // Colapse double linebreaks
         item = item.replace(/\n\n+/g, '\n\n');
+        // replace double linebreaks with a placeholder
+        item = item.replace(/\n\n/g, '~B');
         if (isParagraphed) {
           item = showdown.subParser('paragraphs')(item, options, globals);
         } else {
           item = showdown.subParser('spanGamut')(item, options, globals);
         }
+        item = item.replace(/~B/g, '\n\n');
       }
 
       // now we need to remove the marker (~A)
diff --git a/src/subParsers/spanGamut.js b/src/subParsers/spanGamut.js
index bb0f194..3f02547 100644
--- a/src/subParsers/spanGamut.js
+++ b/src/subParsers/spanGamut.js
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ showdown.subParser('spanGamut', function (text, options, globals) {
   // Do hard breaks
   if (options.simpleLineBreaks) {
     // GFM style hard breaks
-    text = text.replace(/\b\n\b/g, '<br />\n');
+    text = text.replace(/\n/g, '<br />\n');
   } else {
     // Vanilla hard breaks
-    text = text.replace(/\b  +\n\b/g, '<br />\n');
+    text = text.replace(/  +\n/g, '<br />\n');
   }
 
   text = globals.converter._dispatch('spanGamut.after', text, options, globals);
diff --git a/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.html b/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0776072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<p>foo烫<br />
+bar</p>
+<p>foo<br />
+bar</p>
diff --git a/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.md b/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7000970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+foo烫
+bar
+
+foo
+bar
diff --git a/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.html b/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b9dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<p><strong>Nom :</strong> aaaa<br />
+<strong>Nom :</strong> aaa</p>
diff --git a/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.md b/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be28047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+**Nom :** aaaa
+**Nom :** aaa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.html b/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54235c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<ol>
+    <li><p>One</p></li>
+    <li><p>Two<br />
+        foo</p>
+        <p>bar<br />
+        bazinga</p>
+        <p>nhecos</p></li>
+    <li><p>Three</p>
+        <ul>
+        <li><p>foo</p></li>
+        <li><p>bar</p></li></ul></li>
+</ol>
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.md b/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40bbcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/simpleLineBreaks2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+ 1. One
+ 2. Two
+    foo
+    
+    bar
+    bazinga
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    nhecos
+    
+ 3. Three
+    
+    - foo
+    
+    - bar
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/node/testsuite.features.js b/test/node/testsuite.features.js
index 099f91b..d64dbc3 100644
--- a/test/node/testsuite.features.js
+++ b/test/node/testsuite.features.js
@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ describe('makeHtml() features testsuite', function () {
       converter = new showdown.Converter({disableForced4SpacesIndentedSublists: true});
     } else if (testsuite[i].name === '#206.treat-single-line-breaks-as-br') {
       converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true});
+    } else if (testsuite[i].name === 'simpleLineBreaks2') {
+      converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true});
     } else if (testsuite[i].name === '#316.new-simpleLineBreaks-option-breaks-lists') {
       converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true});
+    } else if (testsuite[i].name === '#323.simpleLineBreaks-breaks-with-strong') {
+      converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true});
+    } else if (testsuite[i].name === '#318.simpleLineBreaks-does-not-work-with-chinese-characters') {
+      converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true});
     } else if (testsuite[i].name === 'excludeTrailingPunctuationFromURLs-option') {
       converter = new showdown.Converter({simplifiedAutoLink: true, excludeTrailingPunctuationFromURLs: true});
     } else if (testsuite[i].name === 'requireSpaceBeforeHeadingText') {