Shi Baodong, 90, from East China's Jiangsu province, fought in the counter-Japanese war for five years and took part in the Gaoyou Campaign, China's last battle against Japanese invaders. [Photo by Zhao Yinan/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.