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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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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of loans payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer).

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The cash outflow from advancing money to an affiliate (an entity that is related but not strictly controlled by the entity).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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VIE Structure and Arrangements (Detail Textuals) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2016 CNY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)
YOD WFOE \| Loan Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Loans payable	¥ 19.8
Nominee Shareholders \| Loan Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Loans payable	¥ 0.2
Sinotop Beijing
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Capital injection to Sinotop Beijing \| $		$ 0.2
Sinotop Beijing \| Contractual agreements
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Contribution of equity ownership						100.00%	100.00%
Sinotop Beijing \| YOD WFOE \| Contractual agreements
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Registered capital		$ 1.6	¥ 10.6
Sinotop Beijing \| YOD WFOE \| Technical service agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of service fee received				30.00%	30.00%
Sinotop Beijing \| YOD Hong Kong \| Management services agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of service fee received		100.00%	100.00%
Term of agreement		20 years
SSF \| Lan Yang
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of variable interest entity	99.00%
SSF \| Lan Yang \| Loan Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Loans payable				$ 4.2	¥ 27.6
Registered capital				$ 4.2	¥ 27.6
SSF \| Yun Zhu
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of variable interest entity	1.00%
SSF \| YOD WFOE \| Contractual agreements
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Registered capital						$ 7.5	¥ 50.0
SSF \| Maximum \| YOD WFOE \| Technical service agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of service fee received				30.00%	30.00%
SSF \| Minimum \| YOD WFOE \| Technical service agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of service fee received				20.00%	20.00%