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British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts'$ V o8 I% p, y' ?" n
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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. b) ?; L/ z& @, T! n
6 S# |9 V- ]( q, _# [% C* P 7 W' x* M m: b2 h% T3 d) j$ |$ eTwo 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