Murdoch calls for media freedom in China

It was nice to see that Rupert Murdoch is calling for media freedoms in China.

As the FT reports he asked its leaders to

allow a more open media sector, saying Beijing needed to compete in a global "marketplace of ideas" just as it had opened its industrial economy up three decades ago.

adding that

"In this new world, China will also have to compete in the marketplace of ideas - the media. That's a noisy, messy, colourful market,

Of cause cynics may see this and his embrace of the Chinese premier as another cynical attempt to get a hold on the Chinese media market potentially the bigest in the world.

But I will for the moment applaud his call for freedoms