JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="test">
    <span foo="bar<baz />quux">Hello</span>
</div>

JavaScript

$(function(){
    var $newDiv = $('<div>'), html = $('#test').html();
    $newDiv.html(html);
    $('body').append($('<pre>').text($newDiv.html()));
});