Xiaofan Chen wrote:

>> Yes, but if you don't have reasonably large quantities, generally the
>> higher quality suppliers will not be interested, and you'll be dealing
>> with some much more dubious characters.
> 
> I am not sure if "dubious characters" is really correct. 

Possibly a better way to state this is that for small qualities, the cost
of the "cultural translation" between the USA (or Europe) and China is
probably too high. Bigger Chinese companies that often deal with US or
European customers probably have already acquired some of that "cultural
translation" know-how, but smaller companies generally have fewer resources
for that and less experience. And if you're only interested in a few
hundred boards, your own resources for that "cultural translation" probably
are not that high, either.

And doing something like this without proper "cultural translation" is
bound to create dubious results, mostly independently of the characters
involved :)

Gerhard

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