Father eats along with a native of China (5)
I believe the answer is:
panda
'a native of china' is the definition.
(pandas are native to China)
'father eats along with' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'eats' indicates putting letters inside.
'along with' becomes 'and' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pa' placed around 'and' is 'PANDA'.
(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "Endangered animal" , "Endangered bamboo eater" , "Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal" , "One bearlike" , "One eating bamboo" .)