Train attendants show their standard service gestures at a seminar in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday. The event was aimed at improving the quality of service provided by attendants during the winter season. [PHOTO BY XU CHONGDE / FOR CHINA DAILY]
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.