Influencing the Behavior of General Chang Wanquan to Protect United States Space Assets

<p>In January 2007 the Chinese successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile that threatened US space assets and weakened Sino-US ties. A second successful test would further damage those ties and place more debris in Low-Earth Orbit rendering that critical space passage less usable. The US must attempt to engage General Chang Wanquan the Director of the General Armament Department and influence him not to attempt a second test. This study recommends an influence strategy after studying General Chang's culture organizations to which he refers and psychological dimension. The psychological dimension considers the perceptions cognition emotions reasoning judgment and decision-making process of Chang Wanquan; information gleaned from General Chang's background public speeches and writings available from open sources. In an attempt to influence the decision to launch a second ASAT missile the US needs to immediately engage General Chang and offer limited cooperation on technical aspects of training education or anti-terrorism by using formal or informal avenues.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>