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8. Income Taxes (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income tax components
  

Three months ended

March 31,

 
   2019   2018 
   $   $ 
Current   750     
Deferred   (929)    
Total income tax benefit   (179)    
Reconciliation of income tax expense
  

Three months ended

March 31,

 
   2019   2018 
PRC income tax statutory rate   25.00%    25.00% 
Impact of different tax rates in other jurisdictions   (13.35%)    
Tax effect of non-deductible entertainment   (2.1%)    
Tax effect of non-deductible welfare   (0.02%)   (0.90%)
Changes in valuation allowance   (9.42%)    
Effective tax rate   0.11%    24.10%