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Reading through the documentation I found the answer. This is not related to the global command but mainly due to cmdline-ranges operating on the NEXT line matching the pattern rather than same or next line which I originally thought.
:h cmdline-ranges
/{pattern}[/] the next line where {pattern} matches *:/*
So running :g/<li>/.,/<\/li>...
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When you have / characters in your pattern is is better to use another separator, for instance | (see :help :g).
I am guessing that too many separators are confusing the parsing engine.
The following command will do what you want with the example you gave (the <li> elements are all on a single line)
:g|<li>.*</li>|p
Here I am using | as a ...
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