In all, about 500 families have filed partial claims that still require more information.
Many states, recognizing the subtleties in assigning blame, will pay out partial claims based on the share of responsibility.
But as of yesterday, only 783 people had filed even partial claims, of which less than 200 had been deemed "substantially complete" by Mr. Feinberg's office.
Of Vietnam's partners in the Association of South-East Asian Nations, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines also have partial claims in the sea.
China still insists it wants to negotiate bilaterally with the ASEAN countries with partial claims, which also include Brunei and Malaysia.
Taking advantage of their somewhat ambiguous relations with the Mughals and claiming to be the agents of Delhi, the Marathas often made partial claims on the revenues of these areas, as cauth and sardeshmukhi.
Vietnam claims the Paracel chain in the north, from which China evicted it in 1974, and the Spratlys in the south, where Brunei and Malaysia as well as the Philippines have partial claims.
The most belligerent of the other claimants is Vietnam, which says it has sovereignty over both the Paracel Islands, in the northern part of the sea, from which China evicted it in 1974, and the Spratlys, farther south (where the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all have partial claims).
But in the south Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei also have partial claims.Some of these arguments might in theory be solvable under the 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
But in the south, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei also have partial claims.Some of these arguments might in theory be soluble under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), established in 1982.
