Contractual Obligation, Payment

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EPC Contractual Obligation Future Minimum Payments Due in Fiscal Year

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Initial Capitalization

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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 cash inflow from a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, purchase of additional shares or other increase in noncontrolling interest ownership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3255-108585

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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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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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Joint Venture - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		21 Months Ended
Joint Venture - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018 CNY (¥)	Aug. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 10, 2017 CNY (¥)	Jan. 10, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2016 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from investment by noncontrolling interest			$ 0	$ 86,994
Parent Company \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percent ownership in joint venture	54.40%	54.40%
Chongqing Funds \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percent ownership in joint venture	45.60%	45.60%
Corporate Joint Venture
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Total price payable under EPC Contract								¥ 540,000,000	$ 78,000
Contractual obligation, payment					¥ 469,500,000	$ 68,300
Contract amount payable in fiscal year 2019	¥ 70,500,000				¥ 70,500,000		$ 10,200
Corporate Joint Venture \| Facility in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing (the 'Joint Venture')
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Initial capitalization of joint venture										$ 330,000
Corporate Joint Venture \| Design Fees
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Total price payable under EPC Contract								19,500,000	2,800
Corporate Joint Venture \| Construction and Procurement Fees
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Total price payable under EPC Contract								¥ 520,500,000	$ 75,200