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Copy? I will get it in China (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imitate

'copy?' is the definition.
('imitate' can be a synonym of 'copy')

'i will get it in china' is the wordplay.
'will get' says to put letters next to each other.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'china' becomes 'mate' ('China plate' is rhyming slang for 'mate').
'it' going into 'mate' is 'mitate'.
'i'+'mitate'='IMITATE'

(Other definitions for imitate that I've seen before include "I tame it to copy it" , "I ate Tim! (anag.)" , "Copy someone" , "Follow suit" , "Copy or mimic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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