VIDEO: Lagarde visits China on IMF tour

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde plans to travel to Brazil on Monday to seek support for her candidacy to lead the International Monetary Fund, the French embassy said Friday.It would be her first stop on a tour of emerging powers that is also expected to include visits to China and India.Lagarde will have lunch with her Brazilian counterpart Guido Mantega and will also meet with the Brazilian central bank president Alexandre Tombini, the embassy said.

BEIJING (AP) -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde tried to drum up support in China on Wednesday in her campaign to head the International Monetary Fund after a stop in India failed to produce a public endorsement for her candidacy....

French finance minister Christine Lagarde was to meet senior Chinese officials on Wednesday in Beijing, the latest stop on her global tour to convince emerging countries to back her bid to lead the IMF.Lagarde, a 55-year-old former lawyer seeking to be the first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was to arrive in China from India, where a day of talks with Indian leaders did not yield any public endorsement.

French finance minister Christine Lagarde was to meet senior Chinese officials on Wednesday in Beijing, the latest stop on her global tour to convince emerging countries to back her bid to lead the IMF.Lagarde, a 55-year-old former lawyer seeking to be the first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was to arrive in China from India, where a day of talks with Indian leaders did not yield any public endorsement.

The head of the International Monetary Fund arrived in Tokyo on Friday, where she will meet Japan's finance minister and the central bank chief for talks likely to be dominated by Europe's debt crisis.IMF chief Christine Lagarde, on a trip that has also taken her to Russia and China, is scheduled to meet Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi on Saturday and hold a press conference in Tokyo before flying to Hawaii for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum.