New Delhi:  India is fuming over China denying visa to a top Indian Army officer because he is serving in Jammu and Kashmir, and Beijing is now believed to be in damage-control mode. New Delhi has made clear that the denial of visa to Lt-General B S Jaswal, the Army's General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Northern Command, is unacceptable, government sources said. Ministry of Defence sources said Beijing had refused to allow a visit by General Jaswal because he "controlled" Jammu & Kashmir, a state that China maintains is disputed. General Jaswal's visit was to have been a regular high-level exchange trip to China this August. The sources said Beijing possibly did not expect India to react strongly, and there were indications that China was now trying to make amends. India is waiting and watching. Defence ties are on hold, but have not been cancelled, the sources said.