Oriental and European at the back (7)
I believe the answer is:
eastern
'oriental' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'european at the back' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'at the back' becomes 'astern' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'astern'='EASTERN'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "Nearest (anag) - oriental" , "Could be Chinese" , "China?" , "Facing away from the west" , "Asian" .)