Train to heaven: High-speed rail to Shangri-La, SW China to open to public

A railway bridge and a highway bridge built on the Jinsha River in Diqing Zang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 15, 2023. /CFP

Though we have yet to find the utopian place Shangri-La described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon, we can visit the real-world Shangri-La City in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The city will soon be connected to the country's high-