7 M( ], E3 A9 K4 _3 JBritish Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts'& ~7 ?. n3 ]- a) V
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The 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. : |0 M" \/ s, t# ?6 b) `' y
2 ?7 c$ P( s9 V8 O% [ 4 A# K' ~7 B) S U5 p( nTwo 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