TAIPEI - Taiwan is working on securing a one-on-one meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and the island's representative at this week's APEC summit in San Francisco, but there is no message planned for China, a senior Taiwanese official said.

Chinese-claimed and democratically ruled Taiwan, which takes part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum as "Chinese Taipei" and does not send its president to summits, has faced increased military pressure from Beijing, including two rounds of major war games during the past year and a half.