White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan called upon China to reconsider passing an anti-secession law targeted at Taiwan, describing it as "unhelpful" and running "counter to recent trends toward a warming in cross-Strait relations." Speaking to the press March 8, McClellan said the draft law would allow for punitive measures against Taiwan. The Bush administration, he said, "oppose[s] any attempts to determine the future of Taiwan by anything other than peaceful means," and opposes "any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo." According to press reports, the Chinese parliament is expected to approve the law March 14. McClellan called upon Beijing to "reconsider passage of the law." The press secretary said the United States continues to encourage cross-Strait dialogue between China and Taiwan, adding, "There has been some helpful dialogue in recent times." "[O]ur views are very well known in terms of our continued commitment to a one-China policy that upholds the Three Communiques and does not support Taiwan[ese] independence," he said. The communiques that form the basis of U.S. foreign policy for China are the Joint Communique (Shanghai Communique) issued February 27, 1972; the U.S.-PRC Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (Normalization Communique) issued January 1, 1979); and the U.S.-PRC Joint Communique on Arms Sales, also known as the 1982 Communique (Source: U.S. Official Policy Materials on US-China Relations, Mar. 10, 2005)