I would like to add a book to the reading list in terms of Chinese economics: Wen TieJun's Ten crisis: the political Economy, which give a pretty good analysis of the country from the 1st republic to the modern time.
The book is free in PDF format https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-0455-3
They also have it in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdTGM10HbT8&list=PLW2w8_H08pM0eoxrS2cxbwdcCPjPK9A12&ab_channel=GlobalUniversityforSustainability
A landlord from Poland divided ~~his apartment~~ into 25 ~~rooms of 6 square meters and rented them out for $320/month per room.~~