China in the Light of History [1951]

The press agency continued to operate in the post-war era on a commercial basis, but financial difficulties left it reliant on subsidies from Jewish-American community organizations. Although terms of $100 per article and 50% of the gross were nevertheless settled between Russell and the ona, this arrangement collapsed almost immediately. As for adapting his style to suit the ona, he was "totally unwilling to write popular lies, even if the pay were adequate, which it is not". Russell exhibits the same sympathy and esteem for the Chinese people and their culture as he had shown in many writings since the 1920s-although his updated observations clearly relate to the recent consolidation of Communist Party power. Indeed, Russell had already predicted that "as soon as Moscow attempts to tighten the reins Titoism will develop in China", "because the Chinese are also staunch nationalists".