Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks to foreign correspondents at a reception for them and a photo exhibit of chinese spokespeople in the past 30 years, in Beijing, on Dec 12, 2013.[Feng Yongbin/Asianewsphoto]
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.