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Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Authorized Shares and Common Shares Issued and Fully Paid | 23(a)Common shares
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Authorized shares |  | 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, 2020 |  |  | 13,830,769 |  |  | 138 |
At December 31, 2019 |  |  | 13,830,769 |  |  | 138 |
At January 1, 2019 |  |  | 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, 2020 |
|  | Remeasurement of defined benefit plans |  | Financial assets at FVOCI reserve |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5,211 |  |  | 5,211 |
Re-measuring losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | 159 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 159 |
Changes in fair value of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  | (1,431 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,431 | )
|  |  | 159 |  |  | (1,431 | ) |  | 5,211 |  |  | 3,939 |
|  | For the year ended December 31, 2019 |
|  | Remeasurement of defined benefit plans |  | Financial assets at FVOCI reserve |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10,677 |  |  | 10,677 |
Re-measuring losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | (1,382 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,382 | )
Changes in fair value of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  | 1,336 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,336 |
|  |  | (1,382 | ) |  | 1,336 |  |  | 10,677 |  |  | 10,631 |
|  | For the year ended December 31, 2018 |
|  | Remeasurement of defined benefit plans |  | Available-for-sale reserve |  | Financial assets at FVOCI reserve |  | Foreign currency translation reserve |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Reclassification of application of IFRS 9 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,717 | ) |  | 1,717 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4,388 | ) |  | (4,388 | )
Re-measuring losses on defined benefit plans |  |  | (328 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (328 | )
Changes in fair value of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (335 | ) |  | — |  |  | (335 | )
|  |  | (328 | ) |  | (1,717 | ) |  | 1,382 |  |  | (4,388 | ) |  | (5,051 | )

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