All the western airliner designs which were taken by former-socialist countries (BAC One-Eleven in Romania, MD-80 and MD-90 in China) always start with huge projections for manufacture and end up being built in penny numbers. I really hope they manage to break the mould here, but past history teaches us otherwise, especially with significant elements of 1960s technology in this design. MD-80s and MD-90s are being scrapped already.