WATCH: Japan's Nikkei video shows around 2,000 Chinese fishing vessels forming massive, coordinated line formations in the East China Sea in late December 2025.
The boats — widely believed to include China’s maritime militia — assembled in long parallel or L-shaped lines stretching hundreds of kilometers, with no visible fishing activity.
A second, smaller formation (1,400–1,500 vessels) followed in January 2026.
The drills demonstrate large-scale coordination and potential blockade or sea control capabilities, likely linked to gray-zone tactics near disputed waters, including areas relevant to Taiwan.
Had my 30 year high school reunion last night. These sort of events have a way of inviting unique sobriety of observation.
First, the vast majority of everyone there had left the Mormon church. This is very surprising given the deeply religious adherence of our small 30,000 person town during our childhood. If my class is representative of Mormon membership generally, the religion is evaporating, at least in this geography and demographic. I wonder if this holds for other religions too.
Second, everyone was basically the same as when we graduated. After 30 years of life, the similarities of behaviors was fun to see. This isn’t surprising as evidence shows the stability of personality excluding substantial life changing events.
Third, given the stability of personality over a lifetime, if you’re not happy with your behavioral patterns, best to be sober about the challenge of changing oneself because you will inevitably become your patterns.
30 years is 10,950 days. I left concluding one needs to live each day as if that one day will determine where they’ll be in 30 years from now.
Fourth, statistically, by our 30th reunion, we’d expect to have lost less than 20 of our classmates but I think we’ve lost more. Many to suicide. In the next 10 years (age 50-60) it’s expected we’ll lose 20 more. And 40 more from age 60-70. Only 250 out of the 400 will still be alive when we are 80.
Fifth, our childhood experiences deeply affect our life outcomes. Middle school, junior high and high school can be especially brutal and some people never recover or overcome. This led many to not attend. For those that did, we found a vibe together last night that allowed for some long needed healing.
It’s insane how fast life happens. I’m still struggling to comprehend how 30 years has passed and many of my classmates are now grandparents. I’m not too far off either.
I loved my childhood. I love my friends. Of course I’m exhibiting a bias of favoring the positive however in contrast to the world my children grew up in, I’m grateful that we had so much freedom to explore, play, be independent, and not be imprisoned to our devices. I wonder if social media and device addiction is really the great plague that we can’t or refuse to see.
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