Directly quoted from the Chinese Aviation Industry Thread.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan has officially terminated the MRJ SpaceJet regional jet project, and will liquidate its Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation subsidiary.
From the tweet:
Many years ago, some Japanese media were mocking China's C919 and ARJ21 ago. But now, China’s C919 has begun delivery to the customers, while ARJ21 has also been delivered to many Chinese airlines and even exported overseas. Time will tell everything.
Partially quoted from a reply:
Even with complete set of industrial chain support from the United States and Europe, the MRJ SpaceJet project still failed.
I think we can learn two things from this:
1. It is no easy feat for any country to develop, build and maintain sizeable passenger jetliners. So far, other than the US and Russia, no individual countries, even those with advanced technological and scientific capabilities, are able to completely master the construction of indigenous sizeable passenger jetliners on their own.
Right now, China is the only one out of everyone else who is working hard with tears-and-sweat to fully enter this category.
2. China's ARJ21 regional jet and soon C919 narrowbody airliner can only be made into reality and success thanks to the immense support and backing by the entirety of the citizens, government and country of China.