China steps up Middle East diplomacy with Iran and Oman meetings

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story as China pushing dialogue on Middle East tensions through contacts with Iran, and both foreground Beijing’s call for a political settlement over armed conflict. South China Morning Post centers the message from China’s top diplomat to a senior Iranian official in Beijing, while Al Jazeera broadens the frame to China’s meetings with Iran and Oman. The Omani angle appears only in Al Jazeera’s headline and extract.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.