How will the Communist Party deal with protests in China?
John Simpson finds out how much of a challenge China's protests are to President Xi and why Iran's World Cup footballers are fighting a battle off the pitch as well as on.
This week John Simpson speaks to: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Monitoring's China analyst, Kerry Allen, on what the surge in protests in China means for the ruling Communist Party; defence correspondent, Jonny Beale, on what victory in Ukraine might look like for NATO members; Middle East correspondent, Anna Foster, on what Turkey's potential invasion of Northern Syria means for international relations and Pooria Jafereh, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Persian sports journalist, on the impact of Iran's football on and off the pitch at the World Cup in Qatar.
Unspun World provides a look behind the headlines of some of the world's most important stories with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's World Affairs editor, John Simpson, and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's wide range of experts across the globe.
(Photo: Solidarity protest in Tokyo against COVID-19 lockdowns in China. Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
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