Use String.fromCharCode for the 'x' (times) symbol.

[maggiewes]

• Using '×' causes character encoding issues in some cases

Fix for #11

[TrevorBurnham]

Hmm. I'd prefer not to diverge from the upstream project here if at all possible.

Is it possible for you to specify the encoding of the JS source file that includes the symbol? You can do this by adding a charset attribute to the tag, e.g.

<script src="react-select-plus.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If you can't address the problem on your end, please file a ticket at https://github.com/JedWatson/react-select/issues.