An aerial photo shows a small section of the atoll that has slipped beneath the water line to show only showing a small pile of rocks at low tide on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov.... But that loyalty is being tested amid a dispute with Washington over the terms of its" Compact of Free Association" agreement, which expires soon.... The dispute has some U.S. lawmakers worried that China might be willing to step into the breach, adding to a bruising competition for geopolitical domi