The training ethos for the A350XWB also has a greater emphasis on hand-flying than the Airbus FBW types that have come before.
Nothing at all to do with being "different". The "ethos" was/is purely and simply a belated reaction (more like dragged, kicking and screaming) to the reality that pilots, with the overt/covert help of management and the manufacturers, have been seduced by the automation and can no longer fly. Airbus had to do something because one of their prized jets was crashed by pilots who couldn't fly (aided and abetted by a complex machine). Nothing to do with type, per se.
A350 pilots might get more hands-on during their type rating, but mark my words, on the line it will be back to the same old same old...