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Business Segment and Foreign Operations - Long-lived Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 95,380	$ 81,606
United States [Member]
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	7,015	5,716
People's Republic of China [Member]
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	83,794	70,619
All Other Countries [Member]
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 4,571	$ 5,271

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- Definition

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
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