diff --git a/bin/omarchy-iso-test b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
index f4b7c4d..c3e08df 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-iso-test
+++ b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
@@ -92,7 +92,19 @@ if [[ $REGION != "global" && $REGION != "china" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng
+omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng tesseract-data-chi_sim
+
+# After the region screen a China install reads in Chinese.
+OCR_LANGS=eng
+[[ $REGION == "china" ]] && OCR_LANGS=eng+chi_sim
+# region_text <english> <chinese> picks the text a screen shows in this run.
+region_text() {
+  if [[ $REGION == "china" ]]; then
+    printf '%s' "$2"
+  else
+    printf '%s' "$1"
+  fi
+}
 
 OVMF_CODE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.4m.fd"
 OVMF_VARS_TEMPLATE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd"
@@ -249,7 +261,7 @@ ocr_screen() {
   screendump "$shot"
   [[ -s $shot ]] || return 0
   magick "$shot" -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped" 2>/dev/null || return 0
-  tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 2>/dev/null || true
+  tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS" 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 # Wait until the console shows the given text. Saves the offending screen as
@@ -633,22 +645,23 @@ drive_configurator() {
   [[ $REGION == "china" ]] && press down
   press ret
 
-  # Keyboard follows; Ctrl+C there defers provisioning.
-  wait_for_screen "keyboard layout" 300
+  # Keyboard follows; Ctrl+C there defers provisioning. China reruns the
+  # installer in cage + foot, so the next screens are Chinese.
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "keyboard layout" "键盘")" 300
   capture_console "success-installer-01-keyboard-layout"
 
   if $PROVISION; then
     press ctrl-c # arm "prepare for another owner"
-    wait_for_screen "another owner" 30
+    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "another owner" "另一位")" 30
     capture_console "success-installer-02-prepare-confirm"
     press ret # "Yes, prepare for another owner" is the affirmative default
 
     # Jumps straight to disk selection, then the overwrite confirm.
-    wait_for_screen "install disk" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-03-prepare-install-disk"
     press ret
 
-    wait_for_screen "recovery possible" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-04-prepare-disk-warning-encrypted"
     if ! $ENCRYPT; then
       press ctrl-c
@@ -668,55 +681,55 @@ drive_configurator() {
   press ret # English (US) is preselected
 
   # Normal flow: user step comes before disk selection.
-  wait_for_screen "Username" 120
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Username" "用户名")" 120
   type_text "$GUEST_USER"
   capture_console "success-installer-02-username"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Password" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Password" "密码")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-03-password"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Must match" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Must match" "确认")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-04-password-confirmation"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Full name" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Full name" "姓名")" 60
   type_text "Omarchy Test"
   capture_console "success-installer-05-full-name"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Email address" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Email address" "邮箱")" 60
   type_text "test@omarchy.org"
   capture_console "success-installer-06-email"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Hostname" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Hostname" "主机名")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_HOSTNAME"
   capture_console "success-installer-07-hostname"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Timezone" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Timezone" "时区")" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
   capture_console "success-installer-08-timezone"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "look right" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "look right" "正确")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-09-review"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "install disk" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-10-install-disk"
   press ret # the single virtio disk
 
-  wait_for_screen "installation mode\|recovery possible" 60
-  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "installation mode"; then
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "installation mode\|recovery possible" "安装方式\|无法恢复")" 60
+  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "$(region_text "installation mode" "安装方式")"; then
     capture_console "success-installer-11-install-mode"
     press ret # "Full disk install" is preselected
   fi
 
-  wait_for_screen "recovery possible" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-12-disk-warning-encrypted"
   if ! $ENCRYPT; then
     press ctrl-c # toggles the confirm to the unencrypted flow
@@ -810,7 +823,7 @@ wait_for_install() {
   while true; do
     text=$(ocr_screen)
 
-    if grep -qi "Reboot Now" <<<"$text"; then
+    if grep -qi "$(region_text "Reboot Now" "立即重启")" <<<"$text"; then
       log "Install finished. Confirming the reboot prompt."
       capture_console "success-installer-15-reboot"
       press ret
@@ -826,7 +839,7 @@ wait_for_install() {
       return 0
     fi
 
-    if grep -qi "installation stopped" <<<"$text"; then
+    if grep -qi "$(region_text "installation stopped" "安装已停止")" <<<"$text"; then
       capture_console "failure-installer-installation-stopped"
       echo "Install failed — screenshot saved to $RUN_DIR" >&2
       return 1