Minimum percentage of annual after-tax profit required to be appropriated as general reserve.

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Minimum aggregate compulsory appropriatin of general reserve, measured by percentage of registered capital.

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- Definition

Preferential withholding tax rate in PRC.

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Withholding tax rate pursuant to PRC Enterprise Income Tax law.

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- Definition

Amount of restricted net assets of consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph e

-Subparagraph 3

-Article 4

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The cumulative amount of the reporting entity's undistributed earnings or deficit.

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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

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-Paragraph 10

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The amount of retained earnings as of the balance sheet date that cannot be distributed to stockholders pursuant to statutory rules and regulations.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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Note 19 - Restricted Net Assets (Detail) (USD $)						3 Months Ended
Note 19 - Restricted Net Assets (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 01, 2008	Mar. 31, 2013 PRC Subsidiary and VIEs [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 PRC Subsidiary and VIEs [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 WFOE [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Domestic Enterprise [Member]
Minimum Percentage of Annual After-tax Profit for General Reserve						10.00%	10.00%
Minimum Required Reserve as Percent of Registered Capital						50.00%	50.00%
Amount of Restricted Net Assets for Consolidated and Unconsolidated Subsidiaries (in Dollars)	$ 5,500,000	$ 5,500,000
Withholding Tax Rate Pursuant To EIT Law			10.00%
Preferential Withholding Tax Rate			5.00%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) (in Dollars)	19,535,000	19,505,000		38,500,000	38,100,000
Statutory Accounting Practices, Retained Earnings Not Available for Dividends (in Dollars)	$ 2,296,000	$ 2,296,000		$ 2,500,000	$ 2,400,000