Zahar claims he was invited to China; Chinese deny

Was Palestinian Authority 'foreign minister' Mahmoud al-Zahar invited to China? Or wasn't he?Chinese embassy spokesman Lu Jing on Tuesday denied Hamas Palestinian Authority foreign minister Mahmoud al-Zahar's claim that he had been invited to China. "No, never," Lu replied when asked if Beijing had followed Turkey and Russia's lead and invited a high-ranking Hamas official for talks in Beijing.