Visiting Asian capital, we hear one may be in Oxford (6)
I believe the answer is:
insole
'be in oxford' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'visiting asian capital we hear one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'visiting' could be 'in' and 'in' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'sole' (synonyms) and 'sole' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'may' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for insole that I've seen before include "Part of a shoe or boot" , "Oxford's content" , "Padding in a shoe" , "support for rambler, perhaps" , "Part of Oxford perhaps" .)