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  • A textile worker wearing a face mask takes a break at dawn after scrubbing jeans all night using a sanding machine at a garment factory. The blue dust from the jeans is a heavy irritant to the lungs. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life... By photographer Felix Features
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  • A factory worker takes a break at dawn on a pile of jeans after working all night using a sanding machine at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A factory executive argues with a textile worker about who should drink the rice spirit during a Chinese New Year party. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers sewing jeans. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers smoke in their dormitory at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A textile worker carries bundles of jeans at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers play cards at a garment factory producing blue jeans. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Bosses from a jeans production factory raise a toast, 'To the millionaires of Zhongshan'. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers eat and sleep in their dormitory at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A textile worker wearing a face mask distresses a pair of jeans using a sanding machine at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers fix a fan in their dormitory at a jeans production factory. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers and executives from a jeans production factory enjoy beers and karaoke during the Chinese New Year festival. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A giant ironing machine flattens denim in a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile garment workers queue up at a canteen in a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Pumice stones are used in the washing of jeans to achieve the "stonewash" look. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A textile worker drills holes in a pair of jeans at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Migrant textile workers squeeze into a train on their annual holiday home during Chinese New Year. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers carrying their possessions squeeze into a train as they head home to celebrate Chinese New Year. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers sewing jeans while a young child sleeps nearby at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A textile worker drills holes in a pair of jeans at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers put jeans into washing machine for stonewashing. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans. By photographer Felix Features
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  • As dawn breaks, a textile manager at a garment factory producing blue jeans contacts a client to inform him that an order is ready. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A textile worker carries a pile of jeans from a garment factory with Chinese good luck banners on the gate. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Textile workers wearing face masks distress pairs of jeans using sanding machines at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A manager checks a jeans sample at a garment factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life. By photographer Felix Features
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