An app’s blunt life check adds another layer to the loneliness crisis in China


By TED ANTHONYFU TING

'Are You Dead?' is also becoming a top download in places as diverse as Singapore and the Netherlands, Britain and India and the United States – in line with the developers' attitude that loneliness and safety aren't just Chinese issues. — AP

BEIJING: In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter.

It's called, simply, Are You Dead?

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