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Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Authorized Shares and Common Shares Issued and Fully Paid |
|  | As of December 31, |
Authorized shares |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | Number of shares |  |  | Number of shares |
Common shares of US$0.01 each |  |  | 50,000,000 |  |  |  | 50,000,000 |
Common shares issued and fully paid |  | Number of shares |  |  | US$’000 |
At December 31, 2017 |  |  | 13,830,769 |  |  |  | 138 |
At December 31, 2016 |  |  | 13,830,769 |  |  |  | 138 |
At January 1, 2016 |  |  | 13,830,769 |  |  |  | 138 |
Disaggregation of Changes of Other Comprehensive Income by Each Type of Reserve in Equity | The disaggregation of changes of other comprehensive income by each type of reserve in equity is shown below:
|  | For the year ended December 31, 2017 |
|  | Available-for-sale reserve |  |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  |  | Actuarial losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15,882 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15,882 |
Cumulative translation differences reclassified to profit or loss on liquidation of a subsidiary |  |  | — |  |  |  | 248 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 248 |
Re-measuring losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (618 | ) |  |  | (618 | )
Net loss on available-for-sale financial assets |  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (64 | )
|  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | 16,130 |  |  |  | (618 | ) |  |  | 15,448 |
|  | For the year ended December 31, 2016 |
|  | Available-for-sale reserve |  |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  |  | Actuarial losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (886 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (886 | )
Re-measuring gains on defined benefit plans |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |
Net loss on available-for-sale financial assets |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (82 | )
|  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (886 | ) |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (966 | )
|  | For the year ended December 31, 2015 |
|  | Available-for-sale reserve |  |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  |  | Actuarial losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15,847 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15,847 | )
Re-measuring losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (206 | ) |  |  | (206 | )
Net gain on available-for-sale financial assets |  |  | 543 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 543 |
|  |  | 543 |  |  |  | (15,847 | ) |  |  | (206 | ) |  |  | (15,510 | )

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