Tent that he or I occupied in China? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
the orient
'occupied in china?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'tent that he or i' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'theo' and 'theo' is present in the answer.
'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rent' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for the orient that I've seen before include "East Asia" , "Eastern hemisphere" .)