Editing Western Xia (section)

===Destruction===
The destruction of Western Xia during the second campaign was nearly total. According to [[John Man (author)|John Man]], Western Xia is little known to anyone other than experts in the field due to Genghis Khan's policy calling for their complete eradication. He states that "There is a case to be made that this was the first ever recorded example of attempted [[genocide]]. It was certainly very successful ''[[ethnocide]]''."{{sfn|Man|2004|p=116–117}} However, some members of the Western Xia royal clan emigrated to western [[Sichuan]], northern [[Tibet]], and even possibly [[Northeast India]], in some instances becoming local rulers.<ref>[[Herbert Franke (sinologist)|Franke, Herbert]] and [[Denis C. Twitchett|Twitchett, Denis]], ed. (1995). The Cambridge History of China: Vol. VI: Alien Regimes & Border States, 907–1368. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pg. 214.</ref> A small Western Xia state was established in Tibet along the upper reaches of the [[Yalong River]] while other Western Xia populations settled in what are now the modern provinces of [[Henan]] and [[Hebei]].{{sfn|Mote|2003|p=256}} In China, remnants of the Western Xia persisted into the middle of the [[Ming dynasty]].{{sfn|Mote|2003|pp=256–257}}