Manual Backport PR #47905 on branch 1.4.x (BUG: Fix read_xml raising syntax error when reading XML with Chinese tags)
Manual Backport PR #47905
- [X] [Tests added and passed](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/development/contributing_codebase.html#writing-tests) if fixing a bug or adding a new feature
- [X] All [code checks passed](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/development/contributing_codebase.html#pre-commit).
- [X] Added [type annotations](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/development/contributing_codebase.html#type-hints) to new arguments/methods/functions.
- [X] Added an entry in the latest `doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst` file if fixing a bug or adding a new feature.

@mroeschke - First time backporting. Why am I seeing all these hundreds of commits? Your last manual backport starts only with one commit. I followed [meeseeksdev](https://github.com/apps/meeseeksdev) instructions. I closed this thinking I missed something but each re-try is same 200+ commits. Ah, when you make the pull request in the Github UI, you'll need to target the `1.4.x` branch instead of the `main` branch.