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Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 20, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
Afraid of dying alone? How a Chinese app exposed single people’s deepest, darkest fears
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In China, marriage and birth rates have hit record lows and many people are living in isolation. Is the Are You Dead?
app just a practical response to this – or something more troubling? A few days before Christmas, after a short battle with illness, a woman in Shanghai called Jiang Ting died.
For years, the 46-year-old had lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Hongkou, a residential neighbourhood that sits along the Huangpu River. Neighbours described her as quiet.
app just a practical response to this – or something more troubling? A few days before Christmas, after a short battle with illness, a woman in Shanghai called Jiang Ting died.
For years, the 46-year-old had lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Hongkou, a residential neighbourhood that sits along the Huangpu River. Neighbours described her as quiet.
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