Then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stretches to shake hands with China's then Vice-President Xi Jinping during a meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, May 3, 2012. [Photo by Jason Lee/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.