Possible Clues:

• China and environs, once, with 'the'
• Eastern Express, for example?
• Mysterious locale, once, with 'the'
• In order to lose Rod find one's bearings
• Familiarize with new material
• That ore with tin in it comes from the East
• Get fixed
• Although torn in bits around, that is to say, this does not go west
• 'Mysterious' locale
• How E makes the alternative with one and ten