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Spin and more spin.
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The thing with hinoki blade (and especially with carbon) is that it has this kicking/catapult/bouncy (whatever you call it) properties, so it doesn't fit with the characteristic of Chinese rubber which require plenty amount of brushing.
My suggestion, if you really want to have true experience with Chinese rubber, is to pair it with a solid limba blade with innerlayer ALC blade like Harimoto ALC, W968, HL5, etc. (By solid I mean the wood has solid feeling, i.e. higher desnity, and thus weighs more. Look for 93+ gram blade)
Have you ever used a Hinoki blade with H3? I know a few guys who use that and are pretty happy with that.
Also, Hinoki is soft and springy. But its main characteristic is that, it lets you grab the ball really well and hold the ball on the rubber a little longer, which goes perfectly with what H3 does well. Also, Hinoki is much faster when you are brushing than when you are hitting directly.