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This image is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired in China. According to copyright laws of the People's Republic of China (with legal jurisdiction excluding Hong Kong and Macau) and the Republic of China (currently with jurisdiction in Taiwan (including the Pescadores), Quemoy, Matsu, etc.), all photographs enter the public domain fifty years after they were first published, and all non-photographic works enter the public domain fifty years after the death of the creator.

This image was uploaded under good faith using the above tag: however, it may be under United States copyright if it was first published on or after January 1, 1923, as the Republic of China had copyright relations with the United States at that date.^[1] All images created or first published

on or after 1946-01-01 in the People's Republic of China
(or the territory currently under PRC's copyright jurisdiction, which does not cover Hong Kong and Macau); or
on or after 1952-01-01 in the Republic of China (Taiwan)

are automatically restricted by United States copyright.^[2]

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The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. Under American copyright law, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright work may not be protected under American copyright law.