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B1 unconvincing about China according to Macron (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thiamin

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'china according to macron' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'b1 unconvincing about' is the wordplay.
'bi' becomes 'iam' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unconvincing' becomes 'thin' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'iam' inserted inside 'thin' is 'THIAMIN'.

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(Other definitions for thiamin that I've seen before include "Vitamin in cereals, beans, etc" , "food ingredient" , "Vitamin B 1" , "Essential nutrition" , "vitamin required" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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