JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
JavaScript
var text = 'foo';
var $top = $('<span><span><a href="http://google.com">' + text +
'</a></span><span>Google</span></span>');
$('body').append($top);