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Asian revolutionary recruits Spanish woman (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chinese

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'asian' is the definition.
(Chinese is an example)

'revolutionary recruits spanish woman' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'recruits' is an insertion indicator.
'spanish woman' becomes 'ines' (I am not sure about the 'spanish' bit.**).
'che' placed around 'ines' is 'CHINESE'.

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(Other definitions for chinese that I've seen before include "Boxes within boxes" , "Of the most populous country" , "See 13" , "Widely-spoken language" , "from the east" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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