This image is now in the
public domain
in China because its term of copyright has expired.
According to copyright laws of the
People's Republic of China
(with legal jurisdiction in the mainland only, excluding
Hong Kong
and
Macao
), amended November 11, 2020, Works of legal persons or organizations without legal personality, or service works, or audiovisual works, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation. For photography works of natural persons whose copyright protection period expires before June 1, 2021 belong to the public domain. All other works of natural persons enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
According to copyright laws of
Republic of China
(currently with jurisdiction in
Taiwan
, the
Penghu
,
Kinmen
,
Matsu
, etc.), all photographs and cinematographic works, and all works whose copyright holder is a
juristic person
, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation, and all other applicable works enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
This work is in the
public domain
in the
United States
, because it was in the public domain in its home country (People's Republic of China and/or Republic of China) on the
URAA
date (January 1, 1996 for PRC, January 1, 2002 for ROC), and it wasn't re-published for 30 days following initial publications in the U.S.
