INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Income (Loss) before Provision for Income Taxes

	2013			2012
United States	$	(7,759	)	$	(12,106	)
China		(14,244	)		(18,775	)
	$	(22,003	)	$	(30,881	)

Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

	2013			2012
Current provision:
US	$	-		$	-
China		-			-
Total current provision		-			-
Deferred provision (benefit):
US		-			-
China		(54	)		282
Total Deferred provision (benefit)		(54	)		282
Total provision (benefit ) for income taxes	$	(54	)	$	282

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	For the years ended December 31,
	2013			2012
U.S. statutory rate		34.0	%		34.0	%
U.S. permanent differences		-34.0	%		-34.0	%
China income tax  rate		25.0	%		25.0	%
Changes in DTA valuation allowance		-25.2	%		-24.1	%
Effective tax rate		-0.2	%		0.9	%

USA [Member]

Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets

	For the years ended December 31,
	2013			2012
Net operating loss carryovers	$	49,824		$	47,942
Temporary differences, including
Stock based compensation		(6,456	)		(6,248	)
Fixed assets, due to differences in depreciation		(288	)		(288	)
Non-qualified options and warrants		(6,728	)		(6,728	)
Reserves on investments		(2,026	)		(1,877	)
Intangible assets, due to impairment		(99	)		(99	)
R&D credit		138			138
Amortization of debt discount		(1,691	)		(1,294	)
Total gross deferred tax assets	$	32,674		$	31,546
Valuation allowance		(32,674	)		(31,546	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	-		$	-

CHINA [Member]

Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets

	For the years ended December 31,
	2013			2012
Deferred tax assets:
Property and equipment,
due to differences in depreciation	$	303		$	241
Inventories, due to impairment		236			369
Accrued liabilities		217			241
Net operating loss Carry forward		7,395			5,488
Total deferred tax assets, gross		8,151			6,339
Valuation allowance		(7,848	)		(6,098	)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		303			241
Less: current portion		-			-
Non-current portion	$	303		$	241