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Support journalist established in China (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pedestal

'support' is the definition.
(pedestal is a kind of support)

'journalist established in china' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'established' becomes 'est' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'china' becomes 'pal' (I've seen this before**).
'ed'+'est'='edest'
'edest' going within 'pal' is 'PEDESTAL'.

(Other definitions for pedestal that I've seen before include "Base on which something is mounted" , "Base supporting a statue" , "A statue stands on it" , "Those worshipped are put on one" , "Statue's support" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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