2 R8 l+ Y2 d& ?. O5 O# }British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' ) ], u5 A4 M( Y' n$ ] ' s1 p1 {; {8 uThe 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. ' M) W# V" i0 z, y- g' `# y) ^9 n 9 W# ]/ n y$ 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
