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Named Are You Dead? the concept is simple. You need to check in with it every two days – clicking a large button – to confirm that you are alive. If not, it will get in touch with your appointed emergency contact and inform them that you may be in trouble. According to research institutions, there may be up to 200m one-person households in China by 2030, Chinese state media outlet Global Times reports.
"I worry that if something happened to me, I could die alone in the place I rent and no-one would know," he said. "That's why I downloaded the app and I set my mum as my emergency contact."
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