A huge stone Buddha statue is carved into the mountainside at the Lingyu Mountain scenic site in Nanchong city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on Dec 24, 2012. [Photo by Yu Zhonghua/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.