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British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' * t% u6 h7 N1 { ' }6 `7 q+ H$ U6 KThe 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. , z6 l/ P9 O y" q/ n% H i9 M1 z( S q7 d& p + ]6 P% h& m9 M* r/ OTwo 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
