PHP : Why does the PHP json_encode function convert UTF-8 strings to hexadecimal entities?

PHP : Why does the PHP json_encode function convert UTF-8 strings to hexadecimal entities?
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PHP : Why does the PHP json_encode function convert UTF-8 strings to hexadecimal entities?
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