private cars: The Chinese government in January banned drivers of private cars from offering such services through apps, according to The Toronto Star. Police last week raided Uber offices in the southern city of Guangzhou, seizing thousands of iPhones and other equipment used to run the business. An official at Chengdu city transportation commission said the visit Wednesday was part of an investigation into Uber allowing private drivers to offer their services via the taxi-hailing app, which has established a presence in about 10 Chinese cities. The city transport commission said it suspected Uber was operating an illegal taxi service without a proper business registration and threatened fines of 30,000 yuan, or about $5,800 Cdn, to those operating such services. In India, it has been banned in New Delhi, the southern technology hub of Hyderabad and the entire southern state of Karnataka. Uber faces multiples legal and regulatory challenges as it expands in the United States and abroad.
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