A plane flies over the site of Taipei International Flower Exhibition 2012 in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 20, 2012. 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.