Summary of Long-Lived Assets by Geographical Areas (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long lived assets	$ 38,392	$ 35,590
PRC (excluding Hong Kong)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long lived assets	34,935	31,897
Hong Kong
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long lived assets	$ 3,457	$ 3,693

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9038-108599

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant