JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.416/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.416/styles/kendo.silver.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.416/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<div id="sample">
    <select data-role="combobox"
        data-text-field="name"
        data-value-field="id"
        data-bind="value: selection, source: data">
    </select>
</div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
	var vm = kendo.observable(new function () {
		var self = this;
        self.data = new kendo.data.ObservableArray([{}]);
		self.selection = 0;

		self.data.empty();
		self.data.push([
			{ id: 0, name: "E1" },
			{ id: 1, name: "E2" },
			{ id: 2, name: "E3" }
		]);
	});
	kendo.bind($("#sample"), vm);
});