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Contractual Obligation, Payment

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82911808&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Commitments and Contingencies - Other Investments (Details)	1 Months Ended	15 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 10, 2017 CNY (¥)	Jan. 10, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2016 USD ($)
Parent Company \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions	51.00%
Chongqing Funds \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions	49.00%
Corporate Joint Venture
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation, Payment		¥ 358,900,000	$ 57,000,000
Total price payable under EPC Contract						¥ 540,000,000	$ 78,000,000
Contractual Obligation, Due in Second Calendar Year		¥ 181,100,000		$ 28,800,000
Corporate Joint Venture \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Initial capitalization of joint venture								$ 330,000,000
Corporate Joint Venture \| Design Fees
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Total price payable under EPC Contract						19,500,000	2,800,000
Corporate Joint Venture \| Construction and Procurement Fees
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Total price payable under EPC Contract						¥ 520,500,000	$ 75,200,000
Indemnification Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Indemnifications accrual				$ 0	$ 0