People watch tidal bores from the Qiantang River along the Haitang levee at night in Yanguan town, Haining city, East Chinas Zhejiang province, Sept 8, 2014. [Photo/IC]
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.