Not for hire. After pulling out of taiwan we find out whats next for uber. And its the holy grail of prime time advertising, the super bowl, but is the 5 million pricetag worth it . Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Uber will exit taiwan this week. The Car Booking Company is calling it quits after a lengthy battle with the government there. Uber faced massive fines, which reportedly totalled 35 in us dollars after taiwanese authorities raised fines for drivers caught working for unlicensed transportation services. In taiwan, uber is registered as an Information Services company. Earlier i spoke with the General Managerfor earlier i spoke with the General Manager for uber in taiwan and earlier i spoke with The General Managerfor Uber in taiwan and he said the fine was among the highest imposed. We havent received any new fines today but i can confirm the fines right now are the highest in the world, which leaves very little room for innovation going forward.
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Banging your head against a brick wall. Did you learn some lessons from that . Of course, of course. What lessons did you draw . It seems like the only lesson you took was, you know what, after a while you betray your best friends in politics . No. I dont agree with that at all. How do you feel as president that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . I understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, In The Name Of the bbc, are putting towards you. Am i not right . Yeah, cheers. Hardtalk. Well you got water and ive got wine . thats terrible our show has a name which gives you a very strong clue as to what youre going to get. And i do wonder sometimes whether calling the Programme Hardtalk has been a huge advantage, because it cuts through. And i think people know what our show is about. It has an extraordinarily clear and strong profile. But also, there are some people
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