Li Weihua from Liutong village, Guizhou province stands distressed before his withered kiwifruit saplings on Aug 8, as a 20,000 yuan investment loan he borrowed has gone.[Qiao Qiming/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.