Common ground in short supply as China hosts BRICS

XIAMEN: The five BRICS nations hold their annual summit in China on Monday under the shadow of a Sino-Indian border spat and growing questions about the grouping’s relevance.

BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—was formed to allow the biggest emerging economies representing more than 40 percent of humanity to form a united front in a world whose trade and finance rules were written by the West.