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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Capital lease commitments (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
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Capital lease commitments
Remaining term of capital lease (in years)	4 years

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- Definition

Remaining term of the lessee's capital lease arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

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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