Favourite joint’s Chinese disease (7)

I believe the answer is:

hangout

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'favourite joint's' is the definition.
'hangout' can be an answer for 'joint's' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'favourite' bit.

'chinese disease' is the wordplay.
'chinese' becomes 'han' (Chinese dynasty).
'disease' becomes 'gout' (gout is a kind of disease).
'han'+'gout'='HANGOUT'

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