Soldiers steer boats to construct a bridge on the Yangtze River on Aug 29. A 1,150-meter-long 'floating bridge' was created in 26 minutes 40 seconds in a military training. [Photo/Sina Weibo of PLA Daily]
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.