This massive, crumbling shipwreck-turned-military station has become the latest flashpoint in tense US-China relations. Take a look inside.

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BRP Sierra Madre
The Philippines deliberately ran the Sierra Madre, a World War II-era warship, aground in 1999 to reinforce its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.

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A couple is accusing JPMorgan of drilling open their safe deposit boxes and selling $10 million of their jewelry after they failed to pay rent for the boxes

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A couple is accusing JPMorgan of drilling open their safe deposit boxes and selling $10 million of their jewelry after they failed to pay rent for the boxes.

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An oil spill off the Philippine coast has coated some of the world's most beautiful beaches in sludge: 'Our white sand is now black'

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Coast guard members clean up an oil slick on March 8 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro.
Coast guard members clean up an oil slick on March 8 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro.

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A new Pentagon map shows how China is beefing up what a top US general calls its 'dangerous position' in the South China Sea

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Cuarteron Reef Spratly Islands South China Sea
Structures on the artificial island built by China in Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly Islands, seen on October 25.

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New US Marine units are taking position on 'key terrain' around Taiwan as tensions rise with China

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US Marines CH-53E helicopter in Philippines
US Marines exit a CH-53E helicopter during Balikatan 22 in northern Luzon in March 2022.

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