{"id":642097,"date":"2025-08-14T13:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-642097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:06:46","slug":"india-china-may-resume-border-trade-after-5-years","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/india-china-may-resume-border-trade-after-5-years-642097\/","title":{"rendered":"India, China May Resume Border Trade After 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link 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style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.281656804733728% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Tensions escalated as China built structures near the LAC, while India&#8217;s DSDBO road threatened Chinese control\u2014fueling the Galwan conflict<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"9eb3edd7-803d-4a38-a3e4-c7215351d245\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-5f01d290-9915-4a69-9e46-86a93a261dff\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation 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