How is the ideology of Mao especially in regard to socialism and political purity different from Xiaoping's idea of socialism and touching the stones while crossing the river. Was it really a continuation of the permanent revolution? I know that Web essay #7 brushes on this but this continues to boggle me a bit.
(Obviously the political and economic ideology of Xiaoping did not go down well with Mao.Hence Deng spent years in Exile)