| LANZHOU | Capital of the province of Gansu in NW China, on the upper Yellow River (7) |
| MONGOL | Genghis Khan, for example, spread gloom around centre of Gansu (6) |
| ANTWERP | City in Belgium, capital of the province of the same name (7) |
| BANDUNG | City in Indonesia that is the capital of the province of West Java (7) |
| QINGHAI | Province in NW China (7) |
| HAARLEM | Capital of the province of North Holland (7) |
| CHANGSHA | Capital of the Hunan province of SE China, on the lower reaches of the Xiang River (8) |
| SANMENXIA | City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River (9) |
| SARAFAN | Russian cloak seen in part of China on a supporter |
| ORINOCO | Popular old commander to east of Yellow River (7) |
| HUANGHE | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
| HUANGHO | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
| ARNHEM | City on the Rhine in the E Netherlands; capital of the province of Gelderland (6) |
| SHENYANG | Capital of the province of Liaoning in NE China, formerly (in the 17th-20th centuries) called Mukden (8) |
| LAPTOPS | Computers from China, on reflection, best |
| GUANGDONG | Province of SE China on the South China Sea; capital, Canton (9) |
| GHENT | Capital of the province of East Flanders in NE Belgium, at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys (5) |
| BAOTOU | Largest city of Inner Mongolia by urban population, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, west of the region's capital Hohhot (6) |
| SHANGHAI | City and municipality of China on the southern estuary of the Yangtze (8) |
| MAASTRICHT | City in the Netherlands, capital of the province of Limburg (10) |
