A model poses next to a Volkswagen's New Polo hatchback at the luanch ceremony on May 25, 2014, in Chengdu, southwestern Sichuan province. [Hao Yan / chinadaily.com.cn]
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.