The app "Are you dead?" has gone viral as a digital “check-in” aimed mainly at the growing number of young people living alone in China’s sprawling cities.

BEIJING (AP) — 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, ...

A new bleak-sounding app has been downloaded in droves by many youth who live by themselves - and fear dying alone.

BEIJING (AP) — 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, ...

In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or stunningly direct BEIJING -- In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular ...