Dongguan, southern China, is known as the sex capital of the country

 

A Chinese city has recently come under fire for its culture of polyamorous relationships and kept men

The city of six million is known for industry and as the sex capital of China. Workers in its numerous factories are mostly female

There is as many as 100 women to 89 men in Dongguan in general, but there are much more female than male employees in factories

In Dongguan, southern China, a man with several girlfriends who pay to 'keep' him is now the norm

Most of the young women involved are low-paid factory workers who are hoping to get married to the men in the near future

Dongguan is an important industrial city in southern China's Guangdong province.

It's frequently dubbed the 'manufacturing centre of the world' or the 'world's factory', but it also has a reputation as the sex capital of China.

After a clean up of the city's sex industry, Dongguan has once again made the headlines as a sleazy metropolis where women share boyfriends and shack up with these kept men.

As factory girls are only allocated dorm rooms, shared with other women, many have moved out to rent rooms in the city.

It would be too embarrassing for someone to have just one girlfriend. Everyone will laugh at him.

Xiao Lin, male resident of Dongguan 

To save on rent, some are even forced to share rooms, divided by only makeshift fabric curtains, with other couples.

The young lovers must take turns to go for walks to give their room mates the time for copulation.

While the allegations have shocked the rest of China, the unusual social structure seems to be the norm among the migrant factory workers in the city.

One man, named as Li Bin, claims he has three factory girlfriends.He cohabits with one, is in a romantic relationship with another and treats the third as a lover.Li Bin even claims that 'they all know each other'.