Duterte wants a joint Manila-Beijing probe into the South China Sea sinking. Could it be a good idea?

In the early hours of June 9, a Chinese-registered ship struck the Philippine vessel F/B Gimver 1, sending all 22 Filipino fishermen aboard tumbling into the sea. The boat, from China’s southeastern Guangdong province, fled the scene – leaving a passing Vietnamese ship to rescue the men.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on June 24 said he was open to China’s suggestion to conduct a joint probe into the affair, even as he dismissed it as a “little maritime incident” where “there was damage…