{"id":69130,"date":"2021-03-08T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/03\/historian-kyle-gardner-on-the-jagged-roots-of-the-china-india-ladakh-standoff\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:08:00","slug":"historian-kyle-gardner-on-the-jagged-roots-of-the-china-india-ladakh-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/08\/historian-kyle-gardner-on-the-jagged-roots-of-the-china-india-ladakh-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Kyle Gardner on the Jagged Roots of the China-India Ladakh Standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\u201cBut just because the topography of the Aksai Chin doesn\u2019t afford a neat natural line to use as a border, it doesn\u2019t mean that both sides can\u2019t come up with a borderline that can be respected.\u201d\n