Python redirect unicode to stdout with proper encoding

gistfile1.py

# src: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4546129


import codecs
import locale
import sys

# Wrap sys.stdout into a StreamWriter to allow writing unicode.
sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())(sys.stdout) 

uni = u"\u001A\u0BC3\u1451\U0001D10C"
print uni