Students in Liaocheng city, Shandong province, offer gum to smokers in exchange for their cigarettes on May 29, 2013, two days before World No Tobacco Day. [Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang /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.