China's place in East Europe (7)
I believe the answer is:
dresden
'china's' is the definition.
(a type of porcelain)
'place in east europe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'place' could be 'den' (den is a kind of place) and 'den' is found in the answer.
'east' could be 'e' (synonyms) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dresden that I've seen before include "Saxony capital" , "German city known for its china" , "Type of china" , "Send Red out to the German city" , "Decorated china" .)