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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested options awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Agreed-upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset relating to the share-based payment award.

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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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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)					12 Months Ended
	Sep. 09, 2015	Jul. 06, 2015	Jan. 12, 2015	Jan. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Ordinary shares authorized					21,000,000
Granted					8,134,375	6,274,166	140,000
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted					$ 0.59	$ 0.98	$ 0.11
Share-based compensation					$ 3,687,951	$ 1,792,819	$ 1,881,401
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options					$ 5,279,522
Unrecognized compensation cost, recognition period					2 years 8 months 12 days
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Independent Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted			600,000
Vesting period for plan			2 years
Vesting installments during vesting period			24
Exercise price			$ 0.87
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Independent Directors [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Independent Directors [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Independent Directors [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			50.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted	12,569,166		6,534,375
Vesting period for plan			3 years
Vesting installments during vesting period			36
Exercise price	$ 0.59		$ 0.87
Incremental cost associated with the modification	$ 282,581			$ 241,557
Share-based compensation	123,322			60,107
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options	$ 159,259			$ 181,470
Unrecognized compensation cost, recognition period	2 years 10 months 6 days			2 years 10 months 28 days
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Batch one [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted	$ 0.38			$ 0.55
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Batch two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted	0.35			$ 0.52
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Batch three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted	0.38
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Batch four [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted	0.37
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Batch five [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted	$ 0.40
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Relevant Employees and Executive Officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			50.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Executive officers [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted		1,000,000
Vesting period for plan		3 years
Vesting installments during vesting period		24
Exercise price		$ 0.84
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Executive officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Executive officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Executive officers [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		50.00%