Chinese paper claims Pelosi ‘praised’ progress in Tibet on rare visit. That seems unlikely.

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and delegation of congressional Democrats made a rare visit to Tibet this week. We know this because a senior Chinese official, Zhang Dejiang, the head of China's legislature, askedher about it at a meeting in Beijing on Thursday, just before reporters were ushered away.

Both the Chinese foreign ministry and a representative for Pelosi (D-Calif.) later confirmed the visit, but provided scant details about the delegation's travels in a part of China mostly closed to foreign journalists.

"The only thing we have been confirming is that they were in Lhasa from Monday through Wednesday. We have not offered any characterization of the trip whatsoever," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammil told Reuters in a piece published Thursday.

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