OK. We know the Python string is OK. If you:
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  1. print qStr.toUtf8()
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I will guess that the result is not good.

Perhaps this has a different effect:
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  1. qStr = QString(HTML).arg(QString(CUNE_STR))
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by forcing the CUNE_STR explicitly through the QString constructor