Shi Shi Xin Bao () to clarify his political break from Yuan. Yuan maintained pressure on Huang by naming him chief editor of Ya Shi Ya Daily News against his will, a position which Huang rejected. Eventually, though, Huang tried to escape this political battle, devoting himself to further academic studies. Influence on China Journalism Huang's writings were an important element in transforming traditional China into its modern form. Huang and other famous journalists such as Kang Youwei () and Liang Qichao () formed the Group of Journalists (), which played an important role in late Qing dynasty. As the educated ones, the group's opinions towards the society would be released to the public so that the dark side of the nation could be disclosed, enhancing the public's awareness of social issues. The group was undeniably a major breakthrough in China's journalistic history. Huang was most active before and after the Xinhai Revolution (). That period was a dark age for cultural development in China, with the interference from the past and the present, China and the West. Huang showed his concern and worries in that period through his writings. Strictly speaking, there was nobody who would write so many articles as Huang did at that time. Huang emphasized that a journalist should be equipped with four important abilities: The ability to think critically () The ability to run () - to develop and broaden interpersonal network to enrich news sources The ability to listen () - to analyze and co-ordinate trivial pieces into consequence The ability to write () directly, without distortion Literature Many intellectuals such as Chen Duxiu () were influenced by Huang's ideas. They organized and published "New Youths" 《新青年》 and "New current of ideas" 《新潮》, which were largely promoted in Shanghai. More than thirty articles of the two publications mentioned Huang's name and his innovative ideas. One famous intellectual, Hu Shih (), even considered Huang as the "First Voice" of promoting a new type of literature in his book Wu shi nian lai zhi wen xue (Literature within fifty years) 《五十年來之文學》. Huang has been regarded as the pioneer of the May Fourth Movement (). He termed the movement a "Chinese Renaissance" in 1915, before it had actually started. He advocated the Literary Enlightenment Movement () by promoting modern Chinese literature and introducing Western ideas to China. In his article, My Confession 《懺悔錄》, he argued that a