Chinese navel vessels prepare to depart from harbor city of Qingdao to participate in Sino-Russian joint naval drills, July 1, 2013.[Photo/Xinhua]
Naval soliders stand in line on ships before departing to participate in Sino-Russian joint naval drills, at a at a port of Qingdao city, East China's Shangdong province on July 1, 2013.[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.