Yes, nobody's disputing the idea that there are times when you need a single large cargo hold. The question is whether the plane would be economically competit

Yes, nobody's disputing the idea that there are times when you need a single large cargo hold. The question is whether the plane would be economically competitive in terms of regular cargo. In other words is China going to build 3 of these and have them spend most of their lives sitting in hangers or are we going to be seeing hundreds of these flying all over China? That's something the article doesn't try to address.