Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2012 shows a corner of Taipei International Flower Exhibition 2012 in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. The flower exhibition will formally kick off in Tapei on Dec. 22.(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.