Allowance for net investment receivable.

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Interest Receivable On Sales Lease.

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Percentage of U.S. corporate income taxes.

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Percentage of corporate income taxes prior.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount due from customers or clients for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to their estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of gain (loss) from the difference between the sale price or salvage price and the book value of an asset that was sold or retired, and gain (loss) from the write down of assets from their carrying value to fair value.

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A brief description of status of the tax examination, significant findings to date, and the entity's position with respect to the findings.

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The liability due as of the balance sheet date for leasebacks accounted for using the deposit method.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jul. 15, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Accounts receivable	$ 15,858,804	$ 12,593,340
Interest receivable on sales type leases	9,619,278	4,621,491
Asset impairment loss		57,368,330
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable	$ (1,802,822)
Description of corporate income tax rate	<div>The provisions of the Tax Act that may have significant impact on the Company include the permanent reduction of the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective for tax years including or commencing on January 1, 2018.</div>
U.S. corporate income taxes	21.00%
U.S. corporate income taxes for prior	35.00%
Xi'an TCH [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	100.00%
Erdos TCH [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	100.00%
Zhonghong [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	90.00%		10.00%
Sale leaseback transaction, amount due under financing arrangement		$ 48,080,000