Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Jonway Group [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases	$ 111	$ 362	$ 260	$ 1,666
Sanmen Branch [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses			$ 22,000
Period to operate branch to assemble and sell branded products	10 years		10 years
Taizhou Huadu [Member] \| Spare Parts [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases			$ 468
Jonway Motor Cycle [Member] \| Spare Parts [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases			$ 260	$ 1,299