title: How to convert UTF8 to Unicode
body: <p>I try to convert a UTF8 string to a Java Unicode string. </p>
  
  <pre><code>String question = request.getParameter("searchWord");
  byte[] bytes = question.getBytes();
  question = new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The input are Chinese Characters and when I compare the hex code of each caracter it is the same Chinses character. So I'm pretty sure that the charset is UTF8. </p>
  
  <p>Where do I go wrong?</p>