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Employee Benefits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Chinese government state pension expense	$ 633	$ 370	$ 441
Percentage of average monthly salary used to calculate pension expense, minimum range	8.00%	8.00%	8.00%
Percentage of average monthly salary used to calculate pension expense, maximum range	14.00%	14.00%	14.00%

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The maximum range percentage of average monthly salary used to calculate pension expense

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The amount of pension benefit costs recognized during the period for (1) defined benefit plans and (2) defined contribution plans. For defined benefit plans, pension expense includes the following components: service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss) on plan assets, prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) due to settlements or curtailments. For defined contribution plans, the pension expense generally equals the firm's contribution to employees' accounts (if the firm contributes) during the period.

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