JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0b2/jquery.mobile-1.0b2.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0b2/jquery.mobile-1.0b2.min.js"></script>
<html>
<head>
<title>Teste</title>
</head>
<body>
<div data-role="page" id="a">
<div data-role="header">
<h1>Testando</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="content" id="content">
<a id="botao">criar</a><br/>
<div id="container"></div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#botao').bind('click', function() {
$('#container').html('<select><option value="item1">valor1</option><option value="item1">valor2</option></select>');
$('#container').trigger('create');
});
});