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British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' & {+ K. c, v9 \* R - f1 f4 ^& }" s5 q0 WThe British Museum has said it would welcome a joint investigation with Chinese researchers into controversial artefacts that were looted by British and French troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago. # b4 R; Z' z; x, ^; ^4 @$ A4 t6 j0 P2 [ 5 o1 J$ P. q l# yTwo bronze animals heads taken from a fountain inthe Old Summer Palace were auctioned in Paris in defiance of objectionsfrom the Chinese government who had called for the sale to be cancelled
