Boris Johnson, mayor of London, seats himself on a Line 1 subway train in Beijing, Oct 15. Johnson is in China from Oct 13 to 18 to bolster the London-China relationship as well as attract Chinese investments. [Photo/CFP]
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.