Chairman Mao recently met with U.S. President Richard Nixon in Beijing and is glad they have decided to normalize relations. He also launched the Cultural Revolution to strengthen China and prevent a relapse into capitalism, and published "Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong" which people were excited to carry and read. In the past he launched the Great Leap Forward to catch up to other countries in steel production and proclaimed the People's Republic of China from the Tiananmen Gate.