Poor relation from China, perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
oriental
'from china perhaps' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'poor relation' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'relation' with letters rearranged gives 'ORIENTAL'.
(Other definitions for oriental that I've seen before include "Non-European" , "Eastern {8}" , "Relation? (anagram)" , "Eastern - relation (anag)" , "Filipino, for example" .)