| AMUR | Asian river between China and Russia |
| YALU | River between China and North Korea |
| OPIUMWARS | Two conflicts between China and Britain, one of which led to China ceding Hong Kong (5,4) |
| TIANSHAN | This mountain system's name means "Celestial Mountains." It stretches for about 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from west-southwest to east-northeast between China and Kyrgyzstan and bisects the ancient territ |
| SEA | Waterbody between China and Korea The Yellow ___ |
| OPIUM | ---- Wars, between China and Britain in 19th century (5) |
| YELLOWSEA | Cowardly diocese reportedly between China and Korea (6,3) |
| BHUTAN | Buddhist kingdom between China and India (6) |
| EVEREST | Mountain between China and Nepal |
| NEPAL | Nation between China and India |
| SILKROAD | Ancient trade route between China and the Med (4,4) |
| SEAMILES | Laughs about Oriental academy some distance between China and Japan, for instance (3,5) |
| OPIUMWAR | One of the two conflicts between China and Britain in the 19th Century (5,3) |
| MONGOLIA | Country bordering China and Russia (8) |
| MANCHURIA | Historical region of north-east China that has been a source of conflict between China, Japan and Russia (9) |
| KASHMIR | Which disputed region is divided between China, India and Pakistan? (7) |
| MAORIBUG | Wellington's 'cockroach joke' comes between China's leader and Uganda's first couple |
| WABASH | River between Indiana and Illinois |
| OTTAWA | River between Ontario and Quebec |
| SABINE | River between Texas and Louisiana |
