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British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' # y: ]/ L; W' P4 |/ A& d% c$ g+ Y h7 |2 j+ z- H" ^) r2 y6 l/ C
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. $ n: n- P3 k8 o* F
; a/ n4 {" r4 E1 C. a5 ^ , t) ?2 ~' N% H9 F- x" E+ B( `" ]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