# Syncing in China is slow

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/syncing-in-china-is-slow/11392>\
**Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/syncing-in-china-is-slow/11392 "2021-07-14T15:57:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RickLondon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RickLondon](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/RickLondon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/syncing-in-china-is-slow/11392/1 "2021-07-14T15:57:11Z")

</div>

Hi! Dear Mr. Elmes, The syncing of Anki Desktop in Mainland China is still slow. Is there any proper solution, please!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/syncing-in-china-is-slow/11392/2 "2021-07-15T04:08:52Z")

</div>

Unfortunately this is due to China slowing international traffic. Some people seem to have better success when using a proxy/VPN.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/syncing-in-china-is-slow/11392/3 "2023-05-01T06:16:24Z")

</div>