Wang Meng, left, and her teammate Fan Kexin celebrate after winning the women's 500m finals during the ISU Short Track World Cup Series in Shanghai, on Dec 9, 2012. Fan won the silver medal. [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.