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Debt and Credit Arrangements - Foreign Facilities (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) creditfacilities	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥) creditfacilities	Dec. 31, 2018 CZK (Kč) creditfacilities	Dec. 31, 2018 INR (₨) creditfacilities	Dec. 31, 2018 EUR (€) creditfacilities	Aug. 06, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 06, 2018 CNY (¥)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt		$ 599,300,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| VRV Asia Pacific Private Limited
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		8,600,000			₨ 600,000,000
Line of credit outstanding		$ 5,300,000			₨ 368,900,000
Fixed interest rate (percent)		8.24%	8.24%	8.24%	8.24%	8.24%
Letter of credit outstanding		$ 2,100,000			₨ 144,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| China Facilities
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		7,300,000	¥ 50,000,000.0
Line of credit outstanding		$ 4,900,000	¥ 33,500,000
Debt instrument stated interest rate (percent)		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| China Facilities \| CCESC
Debt Instrument
Bank guarantees		$ 1,900,000	¥ 13,000,000
Line of Credit - Working Capital \| CCDEC Facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 10,200,000	¥ 70,000,000
Line of credit outstanding							$ 0
Long-term Debt \| CCESC Term Loan Maturing May 26, 2024
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument face amount		12,600,000	86,600,000.0
Debt instrument, term	8 years
Debt instrument periodic payments \| ¥	¥ 10,000,000
Long-term debt		$ 1,000,000	¥ 6,600,000
Fixed interest rate (percent)		5.39%	5.39%	5.39%	5.39%	5.39%
Secured Debt \| Ferox
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 6,000,000		Kč 135,000,000
Secured Debt \| Ferox \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Percentage of face amount up to maturity		0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%
Secured Debt \| Ferox Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument
Number of credit facilities \| creditfacilities		3	3	3	3	3
Secured Debt \| Ferox 2
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 8,000,000				€ 7,000,000
Number of credit facilities \| creditfacilities		2	2	2	2	2
Secured Debt \| Ferox 2 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Percentage of face amount up to maturity		0.70%	0.70%	0.70%	0.70%	0.70%
Secured Debt \| Ferox Secured Facilities A and B
Debt Instrument
Bank guarantees		$ 7,400,000		Kč 166,300,000
Overdraft Facility \| Chart Luxembourg Facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		5,000,000.0
Line of credit outstanding		$ 0