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Number of ordinary shares acquired for investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values.

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Number of ordinary shares held for investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values.

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Number Of Shares Sold In Investment Of Equity Securities With Readily Determinable Fair Values.

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Amount of realized gain (loss) from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 4
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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