Shi Mingyu 's Gears.

I meant what I said about the Viscaria as a joke, but in any case I didn't mean to be flippant regarding your question.  I can understand that you feel the Viscaria is more a speed-oriented than spin-oriented blade; I'm not sure if I agree with that, but I do think that any blade will perform differently in the hands of a highly skilled player than in the hands of an amateur.  Skilled players can produce extremely spinny shots using blades that we generally wouldn't think of as looping blades at all (most amateurs will probably find the Stiga Clipper to be more a hitting than a looping blade, for instance).  There's no reason why Shi Mingyu couldn't hit super spinny loops (rather than crushing the ball) using a Viscaria, going for spin rather than speed is more of a tactical decision on his part (and perhaps an issue of playing style) than it is a function of his equpment.

As for Hao Shuai, he actually switches his equipment around fairly often (at least his blade).  In the recent Chinese Trials for the WTTTC, I noticed that he was using the Hurricane Long 3 (with Ma Long's face on the bottom of the handle :D ) which I found a little funny.  I think that's also the blade he was using against Shi Mingyu, though it's hard to tell. As far as rubbers go, Hurricane 3 on forehand and some kind of tenergy on backhand...

no, that's his primary racket.

It almost looks like the top sheet and sponge are also cut at a slight angle.