4 s0 D8 ], X" o$ t+ Z/ q1 f! n4 _British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' . J! Y2 W- i3 y+ O6 _5 n " u% A+ T$ ]: b5 T9 I" b* aThe 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. . T8 O# @7 T- P& d
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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