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Core of team back from China? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eastern

'from china?' is the definition.
(China is a country of the east)

'core of team back' is the wordplay.
'core of' means to look at the middle letters.
'back' becomes 'stern' (stern is a kind of back).
The middle letters of 'team' are 'ea'.
'ea'+'stern'='EASTERN'

(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "Of the direction of the rising sun" , "Indian perhaps" , "Asian" , "from afar" , "Facing away from the west" .)

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