As a journalist, he interviewed many important figures of the time, including: Sun Yat-sen () Huang Xing () Song Jiaoren () Chang Taiyen () Cai Yuanpei () Yuan Shikai () Li Yuanhong () Tang Shaoyi () Lu Zhengxiang () Zhao Bingkwun () Xiong Xiling () Duan Qirui () Huang reported on many important events in China. For example: The assassination of Song Jiaoren () The resignation of Yuan Shikai () The signing of The Twenty-One Demands () The resignation of Tang Shaoyi () Clash with Yuan Shikai Huang initially supported the creation of the Republic of China under Yuan Shikai's leadership. However, the new government became a great disappointment to Huang. He felt that despite the Progressive Party's rhetoric it was still a corrupt organization. In the articles entitled Big Loan Incident () and The Twenty-One Demands (), Huang described Yuan's alleged secret deals with foreign powers and betrayal of the nation's interest for his own sake. Huang once described the status of the government as "idealess, dead-ended and hopeless" (). However, what most upset Huang was the threat to the freedom of the press that he felt Yuan represented. Under Yuan, journalists were prohibited to attend political meetings () and the censorship of newspapers also became the custody of the Police Authority (). Between 1912 and 1916 Yuan and his party extended their control over the news media, banning 71 newspapers and arresting more than 60 journalists. These events left Huang with a much more pessimistic view of the importance of journalism. The incident which triggered the final clash of Huang and Yuan occurred in 1915. At that time, news media sympathetic to Yuan had been promoting his plan to revive the monarchic system in China. At first, he offered Liang Qichao () two hundred thousand dollars to write an article in favor of him, but Liang refused. Then he approached Huang due to Huang's reputation. Yuan offered him ten thousand dollars to become a minister and the chief editor of Ya Shi Ya Daily News (), which was under his control. Still, Huang was unwilling to violate his principles as a journalist. Huang posted his announcement entitled My declaration of opposing the monarchic system and resignation from all positions of Yuan's group of publishers 《黃遠生反對帝制並辭去袁系報紙聘約啟事》 in most major newspapers in Shanghai, including Shen Bao (). Huang published further similar announcements in several papers, including Shen Bao () and