China admits team combining work of various artists (6)
I believe the answer is:
mixing
'combining work of various artists' is the definition.
'mixing' can be an answer for 'combining' (mixing is a kind of combining). I am not sure about the 'work of various artists' bit.
'china admits team' is the wordplay.
'china' becomes 'ming' (type of china).
'admits' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to admit is to allow in).
'team' becomes 'XI' (a football team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'ming' placed around 'xi' is 'MIXING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mixing that I've seen before include "Combining to form one substance" , "it's done by a whisker?" , "Blending" , "Mingling" .)