"The City & the City" novelist MiŽville (5)

I believe the answer is:

china

(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "Country; friend (slang)" , "Friend (rhyming slang)" , "cup and saucer?" , "Modern name for old Cathay" , "Porcelain articles" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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