A recording medium made in China initially for backing one revolutionary (10)

I believe the answer is:

microfiche

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'a recording' is the definition.
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'made in china initially for backing one revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'one revolutionary' becomes 'iche' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letters of 'made in china' is 'mic'.
'for' written backwards gives 'rof'.
'mic'+'rof'+'iche'='MICROFICHE'

'medium' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for microfiche that I've seen before include "Filmed record" , "Film" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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