Passengers strand at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province as snow and icy conditions have forced the airport to temporarily close on Dec 16, 2013. [Photo by Wang Shanshan/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.