A case for the Beijing government (5,7)

I believe the answer is:

china cabinet

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'a case for the beijing government' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'case for the beijing government' is the wordplay.
'case' becomes 'cabinet' (I've seen this before).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the beijing government' becomes 'china' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cabinet' put after 'china' is 'CHINA CABINET'.

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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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