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Country friend you might hear of in Bow (5)

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I believe the answer is:

china

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'country' is the definition.
(China is an example)

'friend you might hear of in bow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cha' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "porcelain cups?" , "Country; friend (slang)" , "Porcelain; friend" , "Household ceramics" , "Ceramic; friend (colloq.)" .)

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