### Clue: Pick on outspoken supporter of Chinese general (8)
### Answer: HANNIBAL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: general
 **Homophone of**(outspoken) "nibble"(to pick on;to take small repeated bites, slowly) **placed below**(supporter of, in a down clue) HAN(the principal ethnic group in China).
Answer: Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history, who fought the Romans, notably enlisting elephants into his army.