For what it's worth, I attended an event where Murdoch spoke a couple years ago [0][1]. Despite the interviewer's best efforts, he actually seemed a bit extreme to the other direction in refusing to say a negative thing about China. To paraphrase what I remember, "I've visited plenty of Chinese startups, there is real innovation," and "I don't think China is a military threat."

0: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/young-leaders-circl...

1: I have zero affiliation with the above organization -- stumbling into the event was purely right-place-right-time circumstance.