5 P9 R; b; f9 b3 ] 2 ?3 s3 C- b# RBritish Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' % s: k0 p7 Q$ s7 @! y3 i 6 c+ p+ K/ {/ dThe 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. 1 Q4 L: c: A* t
" y( s E( @ Q* \% J3 W ! C" W( y- r2 y( I" |& @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