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Bombed city in Germany or China (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dresden

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'china' is the definition.
(a type of porcelain)

'bombed city in germany' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'germany' could be 'de' (standard two letter abbreviation - Deutschland) and 'de' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dresden that I've seen before include "German city known for its china" , "Dr needs to be in the German city" , "Send Red out to the German city" , "Industrial city" , "Type of china" .)

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