Why do the Chinese top players use H3???

Why is it so hard for people to believe this? 

Tacky and grippy (i.e. jap/euro) rubbers are different.  But TT is a game of more than just rubbers.  So you can say that the choice of rubbers is both for a reason and a matter of habit.

I believe DHS do manufacture different versions/grades of the same make.  But what difference it makes and how vary from person to to person.  I guess it's like $500 vs $5K DSLR cameras 

and well said tack_and_grip :)

All the "national" H3s out there are 99% fake. If anyone happens to get a REAL one, its either gifted or sold from a CNT member. Makes you wanna be brothers with the CNT dont ya:D

How many national DHS rubbers have you used ahsq?  And I don't mean the "centre of the sheet" nationals MLFan mentioned - I mean the super-secret custom-made designed-by-Elvis-aliens-and-delivered-by-bigfoot-in-a-UPS-uniform nationals?

Me too!  Life is sad.  Much crying,

But anyway, the CNT/DHS threads always go down this route.  People state things without personal experience or proof, and the doubters must be cray cray, no?

Personally, I can see that in any big batch of rubbers DHS make there could be better cuts than others, or sheets which fail QC and fall down the National-Provincial-Commercial slope.  Makes sense.

I can also picture custom runs - softer topsheets, harder sponges, tackiness adjustments.  Also possible.

But as much as that seems possible to me, I wouldn't state it as fact because I lack proof.  And proof is incredibly hard to provide on a forum like this, even if you had it.  If you posted a pic of ML's custom H3 right now, how would we know it isn't just a cheap knock-off?  What would people accept anyway?  I'd take video footage of Ma Long showing us his custom H3 Blue Sponge and explaining how he specifies the properties for DHS.  Not going to happen though, is it?  So skeptical responses to MLFan's posts are inevitable.

Also, knowing what we know and what we don't know, I don't know how anyone can even state with authority how different ML's ninja custom H3 is to others of the National/Provincial/Commercial variety.  My gut feel is - not so much, just tailored in slight ways, not a massive departure from the H3 family as a whole.  Not a "world away".  The main difference is more likely to be the level of boosting applied IMO rather than some magical stuff baked into the rubber itself, but that's just my random baseless statement of the day.

About the OT - my opinion is that the CNT use H3 because there is a philosophy at work behind their equipment selection, and that is why you don't see many europeans using it.  The whole mentality of the high-level chinese cultural approach to TT is brutal, full-body, attack, crush, big swings, incredible footwork, bang bang bang.  And this is tied to their selection of H3-type as their FH rubber.  Put H3 (of any variety) onto a high level euro pro's blade and they would struggle to generate speed.  Put T05 onto the CNT's forehands and they'd be blasting everything long.  Given time they'd all adjust (and the european would likely injure themselves doing so) of course.  But for the CNT it's symbiotic - they use H3 because their technique and game mentality is built around its use.  And it's obviously a successful arrangement - if it didn't work then they'd be using something else which did.

You being unable to use a commercial H3 doesn't convince me.  Sorry.

edit - did you boost yours?

I wont convince you until you play with me. sometimes having a skill set elevates a person's attitude on others, much like those old ancient chinese kung fu masters "oooh I can whop you into a pulp"...I say to them"and I have an uzi."