A cargo vessel sails on the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River, in East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 9, 2013. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the country's longest, are entering its dry season. [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.