String of islands off China? (5)

I believe the answer is:

chain

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'string of islands' is the definition.
'chain' can be an answer for 'string' (synonyms). I am not sure about the 'of islands' bit.

'off china?' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'china' with letters rearranged gives 'CHAIN'.

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(Other definitions for chain that I've seen before include "Series of things linked together" , "Series of interconnecting links" , "Fetter" , "One kind of mail" , "Concatenation" .)

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