diff --git a/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman b/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman
index e004637d..59f41506 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman
+++ b/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman
@@ -53,12 +53,15 @@ else
   trap 'rm -rf "$staging"' EXIT
 fi
 cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/pacman-$channel.conf" "$staging/pacman.conf"
-cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/mirrorlist-$channel" "$staging/mirrorlist"
-if [[ $region != "global" ]]; then
+if [[ $region == "global" ]]; then
+  cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/mirrorlist-$channel" "$staging/mirrorlist"
+else
   profile="$OMARCHY_PATH/default/regions/$region/pacman"
   printf '\n' >> "$staging/pacman.conf"
   cat "$profile/pacman.conf.append" >> "$staging/pacman.conf"
-  cat "$profile/mirrorlist.append" >> "$staging/mirrorlist"
+  # pacman tries servers in order, so the regional mirror leads and the
+  # channel's own mirror stays as the fallback.
+  cat "$profile/mirrorlist-$channel.prepend" "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/mirrorlist-$channel" > "$staging/mirrorlist"
 fi
 [[ -z $render_dir ]] || exit 0
 
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-channel-set b/bin/omarchy-channel-set
index 6a5c018f..60200f97 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-channel-set
+++ b/bin/omarchy-channel-set
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ validate_dev_region() {
   [[ -f $region_file ]] && region=$(<"$region_file")
   [[ $region == "global" ]] && return 0
 
-  # The refresh after linking needs a runnable helper and both fragments, not
-  # just a directory with the region's name.
+  # The refresh after linking needs a runnable helper and the edge fragments
+  # dev uses, not just a directory with the region's name.
   local profile="$checkout/default/regions/$region/pacman"
-  if [[ ! -x $checkout/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman || ! -r $profile/pacman.conf.append || ! -r $profile/mirrorlist.append ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -x $checkout/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman || ! -r $profile/pacman.conf.append || ! -r $profile/mirrorlist-edge.prepend ]]; then
     fail "$checkout does not support the '$region' region, so switching would drop its package repositories. Check out a branch with default/regions/$region, or remove $region_file to use global defaults."
   fi
 }
diff --git a/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-edge.prepend b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-edge.prepend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50ca5dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-edge.prepend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Server = https://mirror.omarchy.cn/$repo/os/$arch
diff --git a/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-rc.prepend b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-rc.prepend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ffc1ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-rc.prepend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Server = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.cn/$repo/os/$arch
diff --git a/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-stable.prepend b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-stable.prepend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90a2678c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-stable.prepend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Server = https://stable-mirror.omarchy.cn/$repo/os/$arch
diff --git a/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append b/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append
deleted file mode 100644
index d0fe979a..00000000
--- a/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Server = https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
diff --git a/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh b/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
index 72418727..fb670e3e 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ if grep -Eq $'^(link|refresh)\t' "$log_file"; then
   fail "dev refuses an empty region profile before linking or refreshing pacman" "$(cat "$log_file")"
 fi
 mkdir -p "$checkout/default/regions/cn/pacman"
-touch "$checkout/default/regions/cn/pacman/pacman.conf.append" "$checkout/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append"
+touch "$checkout/default/regions/cn/pacman/pacman.conf.append" "$checkout/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-edge.prepend"
 chmod -x "$checkout/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman"
 if OMARCHY_TEST_REGION_FILE="$test_tmp/region" run_channel dev >"$test_tmp/region.out" 2>"$test_tmp/region.err"; then
   fail "dev refuses a checkout whose pacman helper cannot run"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/region-pacman-test.sh b/test/shell.d/region-pacman-test.sh
index 92b394ef..d02ea60d 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/region-pacman-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/region-pacman-test.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ pass "refresh keeps existing config file modes"
 printf 'cn\n' > "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/omarchy/region"
 for channel in stable rc edge; do
   case "$channel" in
-    stable) host=stable-mirror.omarchy.org ;;
-    rc) host=rc-mirror.omarchy.org ;;
-    edge) host=mirror.omarchy.org ;;
+    stable) host=stable-mirror.omarchy ;;
+    rc) host=rc-mirror.omarchy ;;
+    edge) host=mirror.omarchy ;;
   esac
   apply "$channel"
-  expected=$(printf 'Server = https://%s/$repo/os/$arch\nServer = https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' "$host")
+  expected=$(printf 'Server = https://%s.cn/$repo/os/$arch\nServer = https://%s.org/$repo/os/$arch' "$host" "$host")
   [[ $(<"$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist") == "$expected" ]] || fail "$channel mirror order and variables"
   {
     cat "$ROOT/default/pacman/pacman-$channel.conf"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ for channel in stable rc edge; do
   cmp "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.conf.bak" "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.conf"
   cmp "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak" "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 done
-pass "China keeps each channel first, appends only CN defaults, and is idempotent"
+pass "China puts its channel mirror first, keeps the global one as fallback, and is idempotent"
 
 cp "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.conf" "$scratch/before.conf"
 cp "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" "$scratch/before.mirrors"
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ mkdir -p "$scratch/rendered"
 "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman" --render rc "$scratch/rendered" "$TARGET_ROOT"
 rg -qxF 'Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/rc/$arch' "$scratch/rendered/pacman.conf"
 rg -qxF '[archlinuxcn]' "$scratch/rendered/pacman.conf"
-[[ $(<"$scratch/rendered/mirrorlist") == $'Server = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch\nServer = https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' ]] ||
-  fail "render keeps the channel mirror first"
+[[ $(<"$scratch/rendered/mirrorlist") == $'Server = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.cn/$repo/os/$arch\nServer = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch' ]] ||
+  fail "render puts the regional channel mirror first"
 cmp "$scratch/before.conf" "$TARGET_ROOT/etc/pacman.conf"
 pass "render builds the regional channel files without touching the target"
 
diff --git a/test/shell.d/region-refresh-boundary-test.sh b/test/shell.d/region-refresh-boundary-test.sh
index 6bca2559..916e35e9 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/region-refresh-boundary-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/region-refresh-boundary-test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source "$SHELL_TEST_DIR/fixtures/sudo-boundary-test.sh"
 copy_boundary_file bin/omarchy-refresh-pacman
 copy_boundary_file bin/omarchy-apply-pacman
 for file in default/pacman/pacman-rc.conf default/pacman/mirrorlist-rc \
-  default/regions/cn/pacman/pacman.conf.append default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append; do
+  default/regions/cn/pacman/pacman.conf.append default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-rc.prepend; do
   copy_boundary_file "$file"
 done
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ PY
   printf '\n'
   cat "$ROOT/default/regions/cn/pacman/pacman.conf.append"
 } >"$boundary_tmp/expected-pacman.conf"
-cat "$ROOT/default/pacman/mirrorlist-rc" "$ROOT/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist.append" >"$boundary_tmp/expected-mirrorlist"
+cat "$ROOT/default/regions/cn/pacman/mirrorlist-rc.prepend" "$ROOT/default/pacman/mirrorlist-rc" >"$boundary_tmp/expected-mirrorlist"
 cmp -s "$boundary_tmp/expected-pacman.conf" "$SUDO_TEST_CAPTURE/etc/pacman.conf" ||
   fail "root installs the rendered China pacman.conf" "$(diff "$boundary_tmp/expected-pacman.conf" "$SUDO_TEST_CAPTURE/etc/pacman.conf" 2>&1)"
 cmp -s "$boundary_tmp/expected-mirrorlist" "$SUDO_TEST_CAPTURE/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" ||