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Bit of China my mum Anne regularly avoided (4)

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I believe the answer is:

yuan

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'bit of china' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'my mum anne regularly avoided' is the wordplay.
'regularly avoided' indicates alternate letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
'my'+'mum'+'anne'='mymumanne'
The alternating letters of 'mymumanne' are 'YUAN'.

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(Other definitions for yuan that I've seen before include "Chinese monetary unit" , "money abroad" , "Oriental ready" , "Chinese money" , "Monetary unit of China" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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