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& Q$ B# x9 _3 i' b3 O5 kThe 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. 6 L( M) j" x* ]& V/ l' I0 |. D( X+ p4 E$ Y0 X* N8 u, g2 J" `6 H
l1 |- ~0 c! I: R! hTwo 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