Xperia Z2 L50u -sim free only on chinese rom

hello. i recently bought a sony xperia z2 in china, (the simfree china unicom model l50u )
i discovered that the device is censored and i cannot use any services or apps that i usually use (google play~) only sony select that is in chinese and wont let me install anything from google or even other selected apps and even searching for apps is impossible
i flashed the device to other z2 roms (generic uk and russia~) and everything works fine except that it wont recognize the sim im using (i live in the middle east and its just a local sim that works fine on the chinese rom)
is there any solution to my problem? as the device without google play store is pretty useless to me and it IS simfree so i dont know why it doesnt work
any help is appriciated,

first of all thanks for your time and input i really appreciate it,
i understood your analogies perfectly fine
the phone is unlocked (in service mode it says so + the phone was bought in china [china unicom] and i tested it in the middle east with different sims and they all work (gsm and 3g, there is no 4G yet in my country)
when i flash it to different roms i dont get any error msgs and as i said everything works except for the sim.
those files were created during the official update i made via sing pc companion, i was just wondering about it but i guess by what you are saying they are irrelevant.
so what do you think my options are ? is there a way for me to modify an official rom to keep original network profiles? or a way to unlock the censorship over the phone?

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