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Access point or spot ultimately gaining entry to China (6)

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I believe the answer is:

portal

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'access' is the definition.
(I know that portal is a type of entrance)

'point or spot ultimately gaining entry to china' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'point' could be 'port' (port is a kind of point) and 'port' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for portal that I've seen before include "Grand sort of entrance." , "An imposing door or gate" , "An imposing gate or doorway" , "Grand and imposing entrance" , "Gate, entrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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