British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts'
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.
Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, said he hoped British and Chinese researchers would work together on the controversial collections which are a continuing source of national resentment in China.
Last year China announced plans to send delegations to museums around the world, including the both British Museum and the V&A, in a bid to document some 1.5 million artefacts which it says were plundered from China during the colonial era...
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Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, said he hoped British and Chinese researchers would work together on the controversial collections which are a continuing source of national resentment in China.
Last year China announced plans to send delegations to museums around the world, including the both British Museum and the V&A, in a bid to document some 1.5 million artefacts which it says were plundered from China during the colonial era...