> pip3 install pyquery

from pyquery import PyQuery as pq

from pyquery import PyQuery as pq
html = '''
<div id="container">
<ul class="list">
<li class="item-0">first item</li>
<li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li>
<li class="item-0 active"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" ><span class="bold">third item</span></a></li>
<li class="item-1 active"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li>
<li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
'''
doc=pq(html)
print(doc("#container .list li"))