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Remarkably, half of people in China related to an ancient civilisation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phoenician

'related to an ancient civilisation' is the definition.
(relating to the people of Phoenicia)

'remarkably half of people in china' is the wordplay.
'remarkably' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'half of' means to take half the letters.
'people' with half the letters taken is 'peo'.
'peo'+'in'+'china'='peoinchina'
'peoinchina' is an anagram of 'PHOENICIAN'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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