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shaun:
My wife has never complained about doing paperwork.  I think she only signs for the package.  I think it is all done stateside.  I imagine that if the package differs from the original manifest that she would need to do a new one on her end.   I'm sure the government opens and inspects all packages.  I know China Post inspects.  They do it every time I ship to the US from China.

Pineau:
I have had a few lost parcels but I have found that if you put an extra $500 in insurance on them they make it there for sure and quickly.

Arnold:
I don't know if Cities have anything to do with getting lousy or good service, but at the beginning we send Flat-rate Box of stuff and they always arrived in about 10-12 days time. We also put Insurance on them each time for what it's worth.
The last couple, I use one of our Boxes and Qing writes the address in both Chinese and English on them.. took same 10-12 days. Now though, the last one.. there was over $1,000 worth of clothes in the box and we Insured it equally. The trouble with that one, the Chinese Post Office opened it and called Qing's brother and told him... he owes $50 import tax before they give it free. So to overcome this, brother asks to keep the price of items never more than $300. That forces us to keep the insurance low too.. otherwise it smells fishy. That's OK on my side, we just go with brothers wishes. He'll take the chance, especially looking to buy $1,000+ leather jackets and such.

JohnB:
Thanks everyone. Now I understand the way to ship.
USPS, Priority Mail Express Flat Rate.
Address in Chinese. Add phone # adjacent to address.

USPS way cheaper than FedX. I tried FedX on- line only to discover deliveries are not available
to all cities. I did not attempt UPS inquiry. I think UPS probably much the better of the two
private carriers with overseas deliveries from the States.

shaun:
John, be sure to used the priority box rather that the envelope.  I've not had good luck with the envelope; just the box.

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