title: Are characters, such as &mdash; &ndash; &sect; &#160; &quot; non-ascii or ascii?
body: <p>I have a project where I need to "replace all non-ASCII characters (in a html) with ASCII equivalents wherever it is possible".</p>
  
  <p>I am just wondering: are characters in the title non-ascii or ascii?</p>
  
  <p>If they are non-ascii, how do I convert them into ascii using Pyhton? Thanks!</p>