Unlocking UK Iphone 4 in China

Hi,
I have been using a UK T-mobile iphone 4 for the past 2 years. I have recently just moved to China for the year.
I requested my iphone to be unlocked by T-mobile over a month ago in the UK, they said it would be ready to be unlocked in 28 days, even if I was in China I could just put a chinese sim card in and do the unlock procedure in itunes.
well now that I am in China I tried putting in a Chinese sim card and following the unlock instructions, I have restored my phone and now in the activation process itunes says the sim card is not supported.
Any help?
Thanks

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.
The computer i restored from has never previously been synced to that phone so I assume I must have restored as a new phone.

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