| TAIWAN | Island off the coast of mainland China, capital Taipei (6) |
| ORKNEY | Skara Brae is an underground village on the west coast of Mainland island in this Scottish island group. It is one of the most complete European relics of the late Neolithic Period; this location and |
| TAIPEI | Looking back, this is for detective getting at Republic of China capital (6) |
| YUNNAN | Province of SW China; capital Kunming (6) |
| MANILA | South East China capital found in brown paper bag (6) |
| GLITCH | Temporary fault makes light go out around China's capital (6) |
| CANNON | China's capital soon acquires new artillery piece (6) |
| INSECT | Maybe fly home with group touring China's capital (6) |
| PEKING | Old name for China's capital |
| PANDAS | Yuan Bao and Yuan Zai, bamboo-loving residents of the Taipei Zoo, e.g. |
| SELFIE | Still visiting Taipei fleshpots in retirement? (6) |
| APIARY | Queen's accommodation in Taipei, fairly regularly visited (6) |
| ANOMIE | Taipei monastery keeping up condition after order's departed |
| YELLOWSEA | Located between mainland China and the Korean peninsula, this body of water is named for the sand particles colouring it (6,3) |
| FORMOSASTRAIT | Arm of the Pacific between Taiwan and mainland China (7,6) |
| ESBJERG | Seaport on the west coast of mainland Denmark (7) |
| LHASA | A city in SW China; capital of the autonomous region of Tibet (5) |
| LAOS | Country of Indo-China, capital Vientiane (4) |
| TIBET | Autonomous region of China, capital Lhasa (5) |
| LIAONING | Province of NE China; capital Shenyang (8) |
