China's Wang Meng (L) and Liu Qiuhong react after placing first and second in the women's 500 meter final during the ISU Short Track World Cup competition in Nagoya, central Japan, Dec 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
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.