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Chinese language is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Not kept
July 24, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 28, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed

Current status: Former featured article candidate

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