China offers no details on detention of Australian journalist September 01, 2020 at 02:34AM

Cheng Lei, an anchor for CGTN, China's English-language state broadcaster, has been held since at least August 14 but Australian diplomats say Beijing has given no reason for her detention. A foreign ministry spokeswoman in Beijing batted away questions over the fate of the China-born journalist, who enjoyed a high profile as a business news presenter on CGTN.​