China article held by girl (6)
I believe the answer is:
cathay
'china article held by girl' is the definition.
I know that 'china' relates to this answer.
'china article held by' is the wordplay.
'china article' becomes 'chay' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'held' is an insertion indicator.
'by' becomes 'at'.
'chay' going around 'at' is 'CATHAY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cathay that I've seen before include "Old name for China with a feline to start" , "Old word for China" , "China - antique" , "Ancient China" , "poetic land" .)