Q: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Passage: I think they are trying to improve their transparency in this respect," he told a lunch meeting here. Last November, Ieda's Consulate General was besieged by protesters backing Chinese claims to a Japanese-occupied island chain in the East China Sea.
A:
trying