Asian from China bordered by north-east India (6)
I believe the answer is:
nepali
'asian' is the definition.
(from Nepal)
'china bordered by north-east india' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'china' could be 'pal' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate) and 'pal' is found in the answer.
'north' could be 'n' (abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'east' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'india' could be 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'i' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "Native of one Himalayan state" , "one found in mountainous region" , "Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom" , "Language of Kathmandu" , "Foreigner" .)