Photo taken on Feb 18, 2013 shows the red plum buds in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province. Monday marks the day of "Rain Water", the second one of the 24 solar terms on the ancient Chinese lunar calendar. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.