- v" q0 N7 m# X V) y8 sBritish Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' 1 H$ @* F6 h0 \! Q ; }8 d2 D8 H# OThe 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. : a0 ^7 g! N1 x+ p
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Two 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