Original sentence: He is by far one of the most popular military leaders.In addition, to vilify Genghis would greatly offend Chinese citizens of Mongol descent, who like their relations in Mongolia regard Genghis Khan as an ethnic folk hero, and so the tendency in modern Chinese histories has been to avoid doing so.It is said, however, that he saved many lives because of intimidation of opponents.When besieging, Genghis Khan usually left the town unharmed and guaranteed them protection as a resource for future campaigns and logistics; if they resisted, however, he would attack without mercy
Edited sentence: Additionally, many of the agreement terms were conveniently ignored once opposition ceased.Another view is that bloodshed attributed to the Mongolians under Genghiz cannot be condemned because of the bloodshed caused by the upheavals under the mainland Communist government (the [still-present] long Chinese Civil War with the Nationalist Chinese government now in Taiwan, the Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square massacre, the war in Tibet, and the 1962 border war with India).Genghis Khan explained his savage policy: "The vanquished can never be the friends of the victors.He was by far one of the most popular military leaders among his people.It is said, however, that in the long run, he saved many lives because of intimidation of opponents although this resulted in massive short-term destruction and deaths.Often entire armies and cities were completely butchered.One view is that to vilify Genghis would greatly offend Chinese citizens of Mongol descent, who like their relations in Mongolia regard Genghis Khan as an ethnic folk hero, and so the tendency in modern Chinese histories has been to avoid doing so, although the Chinese Mongolian population is quite small.The destruction of the former is necessary for the survival of the latter.When besieging, Genghis Khan usually left the town unharmed and guaranteed them protection as a resource for future campaigns and logistics; if they resisted, however, he would attack without mercy resulting in wholesale rapine and complete massacre