The story `` put CNN on the map , '' said former Beijing bureau chief Mike Chinoy . `` I felt like we had actually made a difference . Reporters had flooded Beijing to cover the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev . But it was a different kind of coverage that made China an international news destination for many years after the fall of Communism. As protests grew , Chinese 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 . But it was a different kind of coverage that made China an international news destination for many years after the fall of Communism. As protests grew , Chinese authorities ordered CNN to stop transmitting .