xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks(1)
>>> xlBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1,1).Value
u'\u0628\u06d0\u064a\u062c\u0649\u06ad'
>>> print _ # xlBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1,1).Value
بېيجىڭ
>>> print xlBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1,2).Value
北京
>>> print xlBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1,3).Value
Beijing
>>>