Chinese President Xi Jinping has been on a three-day visit to the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo [Ch: Qinghai Province], calling it a “model of national unity”. He instructed local officials to adhere to Beijing’s ethnic policies and continue the sinicisation of religion in the region; also to uphold the Communist Party’s policies in Tibet, saying that the province is “strategic” for “maintaining stability in Xinjiang (East Turkestan) and Tibet”.