Income Tax Provision - Schedule of Information Related to Income Tax Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Domestic pre-tax loss	$ (7,267)	$ (27,783)	$ (11,289)	$ (63,026)
Foreign pre-tax income	51,667	47,613	118,412	104,821
Income tax provision	$ 13,190	$ 5,052	$ 31,726	$ 11,651
Effective tax rate	29.70%	25.50%	29.60%	27.90%
Impact of tax holidays on tax expense	$ 638	$ (733)	$ (104)	$ (2,553)
Earnings per share impact of tax holidays:
Basic	$ (0.01)	$ 0.01		$ 0.05
Diluted	$ (0.01)	$ 0.01		$ 0.05

Earnings per share impact of tax holidays.

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Impact of tax holidays on tax expense benefit.

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The amount of income taxes per basic share from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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The amount of income taxes per diluted share from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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