'Mini-Memphis': Inside FedEx's bustling hub in China

Cargo is handled on a FedEx cargo jet in Guangzhou, China.

Cargo is loaded into a FedEx MD-11 at the company's Guangzhou Hub.

Cargo is loaded into a FedEx aircraft at the company's Guangzhou Hub.

Cargo is loaded into a FedEx aircraft at the company's Guangzhou Hub.

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A FedEx MD-11 jet is seen in Guangzhou, China.

A FedEx MD-11 jet is unloaded in Guangzhou, China.

Packages are sorted at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China.

Packages are sorted at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China.

Packages are sorted at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China.

Packages are sorted at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China.

Packages are sorted as part of the sorting system at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China.

The airport sign at the airport that FedEx uses for its cargo hub in Guangzhou, China.

The control tower and entrance at the airport that FedEx uses for its cargo hub in Guangzhou, China.

FedEx moved its Asia hub 800 miles north from the former Clark air base in the Philippines that had reached capacity.

The Pearl River Delta as seen from space. Hong Kong is in the lower right and Guangzhou in the upper center.

FedEx aircraft are seen parked at the shipping company's hub in Guangzhou, China.

The FedEx sign is lit up at night at the shipping company's hub in Guangzhou, China.

A ground delivery is made near FedEx's hub in China.

The exterior of FedEx's at Guangzhou, China.

A woman works on a computer at FedEx's hub in Guangzhou, China.

A worker at the FedEx hub in Guangzhou, China, guides a plane into a parking location.

Karen Reddington, president of FedEx Express Asia Pacific.