The real cost of Sheen's clothing, long hours and low pay.

Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

I'm Leanna Byrne. Good morning.

The BBC has found that workers in Chinese factories making clothes for the fast-fashioned giant Sheen

are labouring more than 75 hours a week and earning less than a dollar an item.

The BBC's findings will add to a growing list of questions about working conditions in its factories.

The BBC's China correspondent, Lord Bicker, spent the day speaking to workers in the so-called Sheen Village.

We're in the beating heart of a global empire.

The machines seldom stop in this factory, producing clothes for the fast fashion giant, Sheehan.

The workers listen to podcasts or cooking shows as they stitch or steam fabric.

More than a dozen workers told the BBC they do this for 75 hours a week in contravention of Chinese labour laws.

Most have only one day off a month.

Outside, scooters rush through a warren of more than 5,000 factories,

which make up the so-called Shian village in Guangzhou.

At a nearby job market, workers looking for a daily paycheck examine the stitching of the kind of clothes they'd be expected to make.

They get paid per piece. Their skill and speed dictate how much they make.

What do you usually make?

It depends on how difficult the item is.

Something simple like a t-shirt is 1 to 2 yuan per piece, and I can make around a dozen

in an hour.

We earn so little.

How is that enough?

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