Some 402 sculptures of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which helped defeat Japanese forces during the conflict, have been completed on Songshan Mountain, Longling county, Yunnan province, Sept 3, 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.