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The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories.

The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories. Drawing on the unique local knowledge of the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, he goes beyond the headlines to get to the unspun truth about the world.

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Unspun World with John Simpson: How will the Communist Party deal with protests in China?

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How much of a challenge are protests in China to the Communist Party?

03/12/2022 GMT

How will the Communist Party deal with protests in China?

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Anti-Covid protests across China and why Iran's World Cup team is in a tricky position.

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: BBC 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, BBC 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 BBC's World Affairs editor, John Simpson, and the BBC'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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