Yes Terry, I've received some goods from China (Guanzhou-Moscow) via DHL and also with EMS (is a Russian postal service), from a small Chinese factory. It was no problem. Ems is much cheaper. Also I regularly send documents to S.Korea via EMS - normally successfully, too.
The time of delivery can be longer rather than DHL (for ex., 7 days instead of 1 day with DHL), but the price is really an issue.
with EMS you can check status of your delivery on their web site, so for me it's quite ok.