String of islands off China? (5)
I believe the answer is:
chain
'string of islands' is the definition.
'chain' can be an answer for 'string' (synonyms). I'm not sure about the 'of islands' bit.
'off china?' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'china' is an anagram of 'CHAIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chain that I've seen before include "Series of things linked together" , "Series of interconnecting links" , "Fetter" , "One kind of mail" , "Concatenation" .)