China Turns To Lincoln To Try To Prevent an Obama & Dalai Lama Meeting.

The Chinese government appealed today to the US President in a strange manner by appealing to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the legendary American president who in the nineteenth century abolished slavery. The argument it seems was directed specifically to the United States first ever black President Barack Obama in some sort of a plea urging him not to meet with the Dalai Lama after his trip to Chin a . The Chinese government’s message to the President was clearly expressing its view that serfdom in Tibet was no different to slavery in the U.S.

In a press conference Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that Obama, a declared admirer of Lincoln should follow the example of his predecessor and oppose separatism and slavery.
Qin said that Obama knows that just like Lincoln abolished slavery in the 1800s, so to China abolished the feudal slave state in Tibet in 1959.

The spokesman said the Dalai Lama "engages in activities to split the motherland" and turning to compare the situation in China with the U.S., Qin said the man who chaired the U.S. between 1861 and 1865 "continued territorial unity" against secessionism.
In the press conference, Qin also called on the Chinese public, saying that in many surveys on the Internet in China more than 90 percent of those polled were against a meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama.
"The Chinese public opinion should not be insulted, expect the U.S. to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China," said Qin, who said Obama, should act in the interests of both countries for the good of Chinese Americans relations.
The spokesman's statements occur in the same week that the White House confirmed that Obama will meet with the Tibetan religious and political leader after passing through China, from 15 to 18 November.

During the recent visit of the Dalai Lama to the U.S., Obama, in a gesture to China, did not meet the former (1989) Nobel Peace Prize winner at the White House becoming the first American president who did not grant the privilege to the Tibetan leader. The Dalai Lama had previously sent the U.S. president a letter, congratulating him on being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize and praising his work toward world peace.
The U.S. president has however sent a government delegation to Dharamsala (the seat of the Tibetan government in exile) and promised a meeting with the Dalai Lama, after meeting with Chinese leaders.

It looks like the U.S president as usual has as a Very difficult task ahead of him. How will he satisfy both the Chinese and the Dalai Lama?