title: converting python source code to utf-8
body: <p><strong>Context:</strong>
  I am using Google's App Engine (in Python) to connect to Wikipedia's API.
  I then get a json file that I use for display on a webpage. 
  It is working OK but I am having issues with accentuated/non-Latin characters. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Actual issue:</strong>
  When I query "Nikola Tesla", his name in Cyrillic comes across as python source code instead of utf-8: 
  <code>\u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430 \u0422\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0430</code>.</p>
  
  <p>As a result, the python source code doesn't get read properly and his name on the webpage shows as <code>\u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430 \u0422\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0430</code> instead of Никола Тесла.</p>
  
  <p>How could I convert this python source code into valid utf-8: <code>\xD0\x9D\xD0\xB8\xD\xBA\xD0\xBE\xD0\xBB\xD0\xB0</code></p>
  
  <p>Other than me painstakingly googling individual characters, that is...</p>
  
  <p>Thank you</p>