How do I export an Excel file with Chinese characters to a CSV?

Question

I having a Excel document with a data table containing Chinese characters. I am trying to export this Excel spreadsheet to a CSV file for importing into a MySQL database.

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Answer 1

For some people this solution may work: https://support.geekseller.com/knowledgebase/utf-8/

When saving csv, go to lower right Tools > Web Options > Encoding > Unicode (UTF-8)

Or this SO answer: just use Google Sheets to save csv as unicode: Excel to CSV with UTF8 encoding