Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
That actually was the point I was making in the first paragraph: the OP originally said CAN, then said "from Chengdu", and we don't know if it's LHR-CTU-HKG (potentially OK for visa) or CTU-CAN-PVG (not OK unless other flights are involved).
Ah thanks and sorry I misunderstood your earlier post - not enough sleep these days!!!