Funny, that “new” bomber looks strangely like a 1950s vintage Russian Tu-16 Badger.
Just like the article says ...
It’s a 50s design....but, the Chinese are said to be still producing it with new engines, cockpit and cruise missile capability.
In terms of production age, you could argue its younger than even the B-2!
http://web.archive.org/web/20061130101018/http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jmr/jmr060929_1_n.shtml
Proven airframe design. The Russians may have built their planes weird, but they do fly and fly well. with modern engines and avionics, it’s essentially a new aircraft anyway.
The only plus is that, since it’s a known design, its performance envelope is also well-known (other than engine performance). So it won’t be any harder to shoot down than the Russian version, and any NATO-trained fighter pilot should already have those data in memory.