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Asian from Eastern China stops returning home (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nepali

'asian' is the definition.
(Nepali is an example)

'eastern china stops returning home' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'china' becomes 'pal' (I've seen this before**).
'stops' is an insertion indicator.
'returning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'in' back-to-front is 'ni'.
'e'+'pal'='epal'
'epal' placed inside 'ni' is 'NEPALI'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "Foreigner" , "Mountain-dweller" , "Kathmandu native" , "One from Katmandu" , "Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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