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Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amounts of Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation Allowance [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of year	$ 11,765	$ 9,928	$ 11,852
Subsequent reversal and utilization of valuation allowance	(17)		(3,352)
Additions to valuation allowance	723	2,107	745
Exchange differences	261	(270)	683
Balance at end of year	$ 12,732	$ 11,765	$ 9,928

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Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Increase

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Reversal of deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32537-109319

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