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British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' D4 {, B+ E% E+ _' E( s5 i. B9 Z- \2 ]0 Z: z: {* j; {# x
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. y; L' k; [! Z+ l1 L2 s: b- U9 W/ M' f3 a/ Y 9 S! y+ p0 P: K- ?* kTwo 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
