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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies |
Schedule of estimated useful lives of assets included in property, plant and equipment |
Plant and building |  | 10 to 24 years
Machinery and equipment |  | 8 to 10 years
Motor vehicles |  | 4 to 5 years
Office equipment and furniture |  | 3 to 5 years
Leasehold improvement |  | Lesser of useful lives and term of lease
Schedule of fair value of equipment and leasehold improvement using the market approach by obtaining quoted prices for similar assets in the principal resale market |
|  |  |  | Fair value measurement at December 31, 2012 using |
|  |  |  | Quoted Prices in |  | Significant |  | Significant |  |  |
|  |  |  | Active Markets for |  | Other Observable |  | unobservable |  |  |
|  | Total |  | Identical Assets |  | Inputs |  | Inputs |  | Total |
Description |  | Fair Value |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3) |  | Losses |
Nonrecurring |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land use right |  | $ | 1,226 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,226 |  | — |  | — |
Plant, building and equipment |  | $ | 1,786 |  | $ |  |  | 1,786 |  | — |  | $ | 2,171 |
Total nonrecurring |  | $ | 3,012 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,012 |  | — |  | $ | 2,171 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financial instruments measured at fair value, including those classified in shareholders' equity measured on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Disclosures include, but are not limited to, fair value measurements recorded and the reasons for the measurements, level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements are categorized and transfers between levels 1 and 2. Nonrecurring fair value measurements are those that are required or permitted in the statement of financial position in particular circumstances. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a,b,bb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=SL7498348-110258 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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