A woman shows a one-yuan ($0.16) coin commemorating the Chinese lunar Year of the Horse in Qionghai, Hainan province, Dec 24, 2013. [Photo by Meng Zhongde/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.