The story `` put CNN on the map , '' said former Beijing bureau chief Mike Chinoy . Reporters had flooded Beijing to cover the visit of Chinese leader Mike Chinoy . For the first time , a TV network beamed its own live pictures from Beijing . As protests grew , Soviet authorities ordered CNN to stop transmitting .
The story `` put CNN on the map , '' said former Beijing bureau chief Mike Chinoy . Reporters had flooded Beijing to cover the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev . For the first time , a TV network beamed its own live pictures from China . As protests grew , Chinese authorities ordered CNN to stop transmitting .