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- Title 'Shanghai Pudong from the Bund'. Classic Bund-facing Pudong shot — the iconic angle that definitively places this in Shanghai. Oriental Pearl + SWFC towers visible.Photo: YFS Visuals via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · home-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title explicitly 'Bustling night scene on Shanghai's Nanjing Road'. Nanjing Road is the most iconic pedestrian street in China, unmistakably Shanghai. Chinese commercial signage visible. NOTE: file is 8MB PNG, must be resized/compressed.Photo: Bira Vencrow via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · home-story.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Explicitly tagged as Shanghai Metro by Pexels metadata. Shows commuters using phones in subway car. Shanghai subway car design and overhead signage visible. The phone-in-China-transit moment is exactly the eSIM use-case.Photo: Zydeaosika via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · esim-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- STRONGEST China-immigration anchor available. Bilingual Chinese-English directional sign for Immigration Inspection at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2, taken December 2018. Shows exactly the 中国 边检 (China Immigration) signage specified in the brief. Attribution required per CC BY-SA 4.0.Photo: MNXANL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) · visa-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title 'Alipay mobile app on smartphone with laptop'. Alipay app UI visible on phone screen — the blue Alipay branding is the anchor. Not in a Chinese shop setting (laptop context) but Alipay is unambiguously Chinese.Photo: Julio Lopez via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · payment-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Confirmed Shanghai Airport — plane at terminal gate, Chinese airport terminal visible through window. Establishes the departure/arrival moment at a Chinese airport.Photo: Dongfang Xiaowu via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · airport-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Train arriving at modern station platform in Nanjing, China (Gaochun District). Tagged subway, train station, metro. Modern Chinese metro infrastructure confirming mainland China context.Photo: Lei Hwang via Unsplash — Unsplash License · apps-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Travel essentials flat lay including passports, hats, and accessories on clean surface. Passport visible (primary element). Good editorial composition for travel-prep theme.Photo: thishanabee via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · checklist-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Pexels-confirmed Shanghai Pudong skyline across Huangpu River. Daytime version — Oriental Pearl Tower + SWFC unmistakably Shanghai.Photo: Zifeng Xia via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · city-shanghai.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Forbidden City Beijing — 'empty brown and white building during daytime'. Location 'Forbidden City, Beijing' confirmed. Canon EOS 6D Mark II. Empty courtyard shows the palace's grand architecture.Photo: __drz__ via Unsplash — Unsplash License · city-beijing.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Giant panda walking in front of concrete building at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Nikon D5300, August 2019. Action/walking pose adds variety.Photo: Yu Wang via Unsplash — Unsplash License · city-chengdu.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title 'Illuminated Canton Tower in Guangzhou'. Full tower view above tree line — Guangzhou confirmed. Different illumination angle from 01.Photo: Lywin via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · city-guangzhou.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title 'High-speed train at a station in China'. China confirmed. CRH bullet train at platform — sleek white nose shape that is distinctively Chinese HSR.Photo: Leon Huang via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · transit-hero.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Yuyuan market/bazaar Shanghai with lanterns overhead — tagged china, shanghai, market, bazaar, lantern. Shanghai confirmed. Traditional Chinese market dining district atmosphere with crowd and shops.Photo: Yiran Ding via Unsplash — Unsplash License · scene-restaurant.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title 'Nanjing subway station winter scene'. Nanjing (mainland China) confirmed. Platform-level shot in winter — different season and angle from apps-hero selections.Photo: Abdoo via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · scene-metro.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- Title 'Row of yellow taxis in Chongqing at night'. Chongqing (mainland China) confirmed. Yellow Chinese taxis with Chinese license plates in night street setting — clearly mainland China taxi scene.Photo: JH Z via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · scene-taxi.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- 7-Eleven store entrance interior — Pexels metadata confirms mainland China location. 7-Eleven operates extensively in mainland China. Interior shot showing products and shopping environment.Photo: daddysky via Pexels — Pexels License (free for commercial use, no attribution required) · scene-store.webp · Last checked 2026-05-27
- A Xiamen Metro Line 1 trainPhoto: Windmemories — CC BY-SA 4.0 · xmn-metro-01.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
- Entrance of Gaoqi Airport Station on the Xiamen BRT linePhoto: HualinXMN — CC BY 4.0 · xmn-bus-01.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
- Qingdao Metro Line 8 at Jiaodong Station, near the airportPhoto: Sprt98 — CC BY-SA 4.0 · tao-metro-01.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
- Platform of Lukou International Airport Station on Nanjing Metro Line S1Photo: MNXANL — CC BY-SA 4.0 · nkg-metro-01.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
- Curbside pickup queue at Harbin Taiping International AirportPhoto: Zhantongz — CC BY-SA 3.0 · harbin-curbside.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
- Curbside shuttle bus at Guilin airportPhoto: Sunnya343 — CC BY-SA 4.0 · kwl-bus-01.jpg · Last checked 2026-07-13
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