A tough sell: insurance against a China financial crisis

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Selling insurance against a financial crisis should not be difficult, five years after the last one nearly wrecked the global economy.

Infrastructure development key to economic recovery: Chinese President Hu Jintao

VLADIVOSTOK: Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Asia-Pacific nations on Saturday to speed up infrastructure development to help face the "grave challenges" from the global economy, in comments that follow Beijing's unveiling of $157 billion in such projects.