the state-run xinhua new says the party's central disciplinary commission decided to investigate him for grave violations of discipline. >> translator: this case shows the government's strong will to tackle corruption. while in office he was reported to have built up enormous power and wealth. >> president xi jinping vowed to tackle corruption soon after took office two year government officials jailed a number of party officials, including the former chi the mega city of chongqing. bo xilai enjoyed a close working relationship with zhou. >> translator: this case shows the government's strong will t tackle corruption. people have wanted thi action for a long ti. we can finally see being dragged down. >> reporter: it's a tactical move. >>translator: it's an unprecedented step to convict someone at the top of the leadership. xi jinping is trying to show the communist party and the public that he is serious about eliminating corrupt officials even if it is an elder of the party. >> reporter: he was believed to have a close relationship with the former minister of the city of chie-ching.

the state-run xinhua news agency says it occurred on thursday. the children were being taken home. the father of one of the children said the vehicle was carrying even more students when it left the school, but some had already been dropped off. >> translator: the bus only has 7 seats, but it was carrying 14 or 15 passengers. >> xinhua reports that the driver had been hired only several days before and was not familiar with the route. overloaded vehicles are often involved in accidents in china. >>> a major hotel in seoul has abruptly canceled the japanese embassy's reservation for a reception on the eve of the event. the reception would have marked the anniversary of the establishment of japan's self-defense forces. the embassy had invited south korean government officials and lawmakers as well as foreign diplomats stationed in south korea. the lotte hotel cited anti-japanese feeling as the reason for the cancellation. the hotel said it was unaware of the purpose of the reception at the time the reservation was made, but the embassy says it made its intention clear from the beginn

the state-run xinhua news agency says dozens of han chinese and muslim uyghurs were killed or injured in the assault. it reported security police shot and killed dozens of the attackers. the region has been hit by a series of protests and attacks resulting in casualties. some ethnic uyghurs are frustrated over the government's control of religious activities. as well as economic and political disparities between themselves and the majority ha chinese. >>> chinese prosecutors indicted a prominent uyghur scholar on charges of separatism. ilham tohti was arrested by police for allegedly causing grave harm to national security and social stability. prosecutors in the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region say they indicted the beijing-based scholar on wednesday. he has long advocated protection of uyghurs' rights. chinese police detained him in january. they allege he joined forces with uyghur separatists outside of china and spread separatist thoughts. he criticized china's ethnic policies. but he's considered a moderate since he opposes u independence from china. analysts say the scholar's i

china's xinhua news agency says a moist air mass has been bringing heavy rain since last month. 60 people are dead or unaccounted for. 17 people are missing after mud and rock debris hit the border near myanmar. another mudslide swept away houses in a village in dali killing six people and leaving eight missing. the chinese government has sent a search and rescue team to the province. >>> israeli forces are bombarding the gaza strip. residents of the occupied territory have seen air strike after air strike over the last two days. hospital officials in gaza say 43 people have been killed and more than 430 wounded. israelis and palestinians blame each other for the violence. israeli commanders launched the offensive to stop rocket attacks from inside gaza. they bombed more than 500 sites. the targets include the homes of the leaders of the islamic resistance movement, hamas. more than 70 rockets from gaza have landed on their territory but they have not reported any casualties. egyptian mediators are trying to arrange a cease fire. but the political leader of hamas blames the israelis for t

xinhua says people armed with knives have attacked builds in china. the news agency says the group moved in on government buildings and a police station on monday near the city of more than 30 vehicles were burned or vehicles. ethnic uygurs have been blamed for a serious of attacks in the region. >>> there are many companies in japan that make electronic devices. executes say some of them will putting aside their rivalry to join hands. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. >> competition is steep domestically is it internationally and we've seen mergers before. hitachi toshiba and sony got together years ago and merged crystal display and made a company called crystal display. now a similar movement. teaming up to preserve next generation technology. creating a thank you research and development company for what is known as organic electroluminescent or oel displays that can be used in tvs and computer. oel are thinner than liquid crystal displays and show chris crisper image but they are expensive to produce. the japanese companies are helpful t

tiny state news agency xinhua has called u.s. and australian officials rash. a community party backed newspaper the global times said the rush to judgment in the west is not based on known facts or logic. the state press is also taking russia's point of view on the ukraine conflict saying the real culprit is a chaotic situation in ukraine, which it says has been fomented by western influences. the comments are a signal that despite historical mistrust between china and russia, the two powers are increasingly finding common ground. both currently have strained relations with the west, and are accused of engaging in aggressive foreign policy that could destabilize their region. russia and ukraine and china in the east and south china seas. yet both are in need of diplomatic and economic support. even if the two may not see eye to eye on the price of gas, both are reluctant to criticize the other on political affairs. perhaps a reason for russian president vladimir putin east. i'm eunice yoon in beijing. >>> china's got some media problems of its own, like food s

. >> i am with xinhua news agency of china. about the talks how well does , the u.s. government respond to china's request for the national security review with the china investment in the u.s., because now the china investment in the u.s. is subjective to the review and condemned in chinese investment? -- can dampen chinese investment? >> the facts are that chinese men in the united states is inwing -- chinese investment the united states is growing much her. the number of items that are approved vastly outnumber the very few items not approved. if you look at the substance, the issues are truly national security issues, and only national security issues that are the basis for objecting to chinese investment in the united states. our philosophy has been the same since the founding of the united states. we welcome foreign direct investment as one of the ways we built the american economy and how it continues to grow. we welcome chinese and other foreign investment in the united states. there is a legitimate concern that if the transaction creates national security iss