Bodyguard, Eastern type protecting China's leader (6)
I believe the answer is:
escort
'bodyguard' is the definition.
('escort' can be a synonym of 'bodyguard')
'eastern type protecting china's leader' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'type' becomes 'sort' (I've seen this before).
'protecting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'chinas' is 'c'.
'sort' enclosing 'c' is 'scort'.
'e'+'scort'='ESCORT'
(Other definitions for escort that I've seen before include "Accompanying attendant" , "Go with (someone)" , "attendance" , "Entourage" , "'Accompany, perhaps protectively (6)'" .)