The engine looks too small for even WS-20, let alone an engine for such an aircraft. It is also too wide for a low-bypass turbofan. So it can be a medium bypass WS-10 or WS-15 derivative. Which is good news TBH. I can't see why China would need such an engine for anything other than a stealth bomber.
Redditors: The US is going ceramics
US look a lot like India lately... overhyping projects and cancelling them just before they hatch. At least design teams remains way more humble in China.
Despite all the things Western chauvinists write about Russia, the USA hypes prototypes and power point slides a lot too. The new B-21 unveiling was of that nature. They didn't roll the aircraft out of the hangar, they didn't show any aspect of the aircraft other than its front, we know the aircraft hasn't even flown yet. Yet they made a massive event out of the unveiling.
last year China successfully finished small scale testing of 3D printed CMC blisk..
Yep. Like I told you guys, the best example of this was the Boeing Dreamliner unveiling event. Just read about it. They rolled out an aircraft which was assembled with fasteners which were not aircraft grade, they basically rolled out an empty shell and passed it as an actual flying prototype. They had to disassemble and reassemble it all over again afterwards.
When your entire corporate livelihood depends on marketing perceptions to shareholder investors.