User blog comment:TheOne1000/Mandarin Twist/@comment-24308873-20131027192918/@comment-4651179-20131028211749

Again, you're mistaking not caring about deaths with not caring about whoever was killed. Mallen wanted to kill, while for Killian, deaths were just a casualty. Killian is not Mallen in a suit. Not to mention Mallen directly killed people, Killian just pulled the strings behind the man who pulled the trigger.

And no, classic Mandarin wasn't chaotic. He was pretty much to Iron Man what Doctor Doom to the Fantastic Four.

But also, Shane Black mentioned those tattoos were intended to show he was indeed into oriental culture.