China Press
Millard edited the paper for six years. While "The China Press" became "the widest-circulating English-language daily newspaper in Shanghai", competition from the rival British-owned "North China Daily News", and reduced advertising revenue due to Millard's perceived anti-British reporting on World War I, forced Millard to resign as editor in 1917. In 1918 Millard sold "The China Press" to Edward Ezra, a British Jewish businessman. Ownership eventually passed to Hollington Kong Tong in the fall of 1930.