NEW DELHI: Ahead of Narendra Modi's first China visit as PM, India has protested against the proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that runs through territory India claims in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar said India had demarched China at their embassy in New Delhi, while Indian ambassador to China Ashok Kantha took up the matter with the Chinese foreign ministry . This is the first time New Delhi has confirmed it's uncomfortable with Beijing 's massive infrastructure initiative across Pakistan.Modi lands in Xian on May 14 where he and Xi Jinping will hold their summit meetings in historical surroundings. Xi, it's believed, will show Modi around historical sites like the Wild Goose Pagoda. Xian was the start of the Silk Route and Xi's ancestral hometown.On May 15, Modi will be given a formal welcome in Beijing by Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, which will be followed by official talks and signing of agreements. Modi will address the famous Tsinghua University , inaugurate an Indian studies centre at Fudan University and hold a community event for Indian expatriates in Shanghai.Conversations between Modi and Xi out of the pub lic glare will be the real substance of the political discussions. The boundary dispute has resisted resolution for decades, but China watchers have been drumming up suggestions based on little other than two strong leaders at the helm in both countries. But the dispute is far more complicated.Both countries are pushing against an innately adversarial relationship. China's Global Times said in an oped: “Due to the Indian elite's blind arrogance and confidence in their democracy , and the inferiority of its ordinary people, few Indians are able to treat Sino-Indian ties accurately , objectively and rationally .“Nonetheless, the visit should yield some agreements in railways where India wants China to invest in developing infrastructure. India is looking for more Sutlej and Brahmaputra-water data from China. India is particularly keen, the Chinese less so.India and China already exchange floodwater data on these rivers, but India wants to see data on a regular basis. If this agreement goes through it'll be big, because this'll give India oversight on Chinese intentions of either building dams or its big project of diversion of water to the northeast of the country .China's pushing for a deal that uses scientific cooperation in Western Pacific and Indian Ocean to further its maritime presence. While this'd see more Chinese presence in Indian Ocean, it'd give India space in Western Pacific, which China considers its backyard.India is getting ready to issue e-visas to Chinese tourists and businessmen, but is still cool to Xi Jinping's signature initiative, One Belt One Road.“We've not had a detailed discussion on the subject,“ Jaishankar said, passing it off as a “Chinese initiative, not for us to welcome or not.“The Global Times decided that the trade deficit between the two countries was India's fault: “New Delhi is reluctant to admit that the widening trade gap is its fault, nor is it willing to examine its economic structure and the quality of its exports to China. The Indian government should loosen up on the limits of cross-border trade with China, improve efficiency of government administrations and relax visa restrictions to attract more Chinese companies.“While India's open to more Chinese investment, Jaishankar said the issue was about China refusing market access to Indian companies.“We think China can import more from India. India is globally competitive but not successful in China,“ he said.