New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Krishna will start his four-day China visit on Monday. He will land in Beijing on Monday evening to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties with China.
India is expected to raise a host of issues from stapled visas for Kashmiris to reports of Chinese encroachments.
The Chinese Embassy in India has been issuing stapled visas to Kashmiris.
"There is the issue of Chinese construction in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir which is an issue of concern as well as the issue of dual visas for those domiciled in Jammu and Kashmir," says External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash.
"There has been a growing assertiveness on the part of China. I think this is responsible for relatively unfriendly nature," says Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University Dr Srikanth Kondapalli.
Even the Chinese leaders are expected to indulge in some plain speaking. The collapse of the much celebrated G-2 alliance with Washington has left Beijing resentful and suspicious.
Chinese think tanks are claiming that India's rising defence spending is targeted at China. They also question Indian Navy's exercises in the South China Sea and have been asking 'how will India react in a conflict between the Chinese navy and Vietnam'.
They see an anti-China element in India's engagement with Washington
"India with a lot of strategic depth could be a candidate to live up to the Chinese. So I think the second factor is US-India relations and both coming much closer os not going really well with the Chinese," adds Kondapalli.
Krishna's visit may see movement on dates for the 14th round of talks on the disputed boundary.
But sources admitted that the past 13 rounds have made no breakthrough as India and China remain stuck in the shadow of 1962.
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