JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24816210/jquery-2.0.0b2-custom.js"></script>

JavaScript

var str = 'this is a text<strong>this is a bold text</strong>this is another text';
var html = $.parseHTML(str);
alert($(html).find('strong').text());