Flight to Chengdu easier than finding a stairway to heaven

The high speed Xi’an-Chengdu rail line and the Sino-Euro Cargo Railway crisscross in Jiangyou, Sichuan province. YANG ANWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Before accompanying her son 980 kilometers to check out a bar in Chengdu made famous by a hit pop song, Mei Chun thought traveling to the Sichuan capital was like going to another realm. The middle-aged…