Oman’s Sultan Haitham Arrives in Beijing for First China Visit

The diplomatic milestone matters less than the timing: a first-ever Omani head-of-state visit, arriving as Gulf states broadly rebalance their economic and security relationships eastward. The two-day format is short, which suggests a focused agenda rather than a broad reset. For markets, the signal to watch is whether Oman's China ties move beyond traditional energy trade into the logistics and industrial-zone cooperation Muscat has been courting — and whether anything concrete emerges from such a compressed schedule is the open question.