China - Audit finds some local govmts misstated fiscal revenues, borrowed illicitly

This via Caixin on naughty local governments

• Some of China's local governments inflated their fiscal revenues and raised billions of yuan through illicit borrowing in spite of a crackdown on data fabrication and a ban on some types of fundraising, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a report.

Also:

• misuse of money marked for poverty alleviation

Plenty more here at the link