Reddit reviews Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing
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Couple of recommendations:
First, here is a great book about an expat who started jamming with some Chinese musicians and eventually they became a pretty big band in China. He had a Gibson ES-335 shipped over and the neck was snapped when it arrived. As a guitar player, you probably just cringed at the thought of that.
Soooo.... you might want to think twice about bringing instruments over. You didn't mention where you are heading, but it sounds like you are looking for knock-offs and as you know, just about all knock offs are made in China. Epiphone's main plant is in Qingdao and iirc they have a big outlet there. You won't have trouble finding quality guitars to buy in the major cities and you'll find the prices similar.
If you're still thinking about shipping your stuff over after reading the advice in this thread... check out this video of some professional Chinese baggage handling.