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Note 9 - Long-term Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Investment in and Advance to Equity Investment Affiliates [Table Text Block] |
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  | US$(’000) |  |  | US$(’000) |
|  | (Unaudited) |  |  |  |
Equity method investments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in equity method investees |  |  | 823 |  |  |  | 806 |
Advance to equity method investees |  |  | 85 |  |  |  | 85 |
|  |  | 908 |  |  |  | 891 |
Cost method investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in cost method investees |  |  | 181 |  |  |  | 18 |
Total long-term investments |  |  | 1,089 |  |  |  | 909 |
Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] |
|  | ChinaNet Korea |  |  | Shenzhen Mingshan |  |  | Zhao Shang Ke Hubei |  |  | Total |
|  | US$(’000) |  |  | US$(’000) |  |  | US$(’000) |  |  | US$(’000) |
Balance as of December 31, 2014 (audited) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 461 |  |  |  | 430 |  |  |  | 891 |
Share of income in equity investment affiliates |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |
Investment in equity investment affiliates |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 20 |
Exchange translation adjustment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2015 (unaudited) |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 460 |  |  |  | 428 |  |  |  | 908 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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