--- description: What's to worry about from new Russia-China cyber-security pact, an African innovation ecosystem roadmap, your gut on junk food and more. title: What’s Behind the Russia-China Cyber Deal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What’s Behind the Russia-China Cyber Deal by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 4:32 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 4:32 PM CUT **1\.** [**Should we be worried about the new Internet security pact between China and Russia?**](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/russia-china-are-totally-bffs-when-it-comes-to-internet-security/ "undefined") By Cyrus Farivar in Ars Technica **2\.** [**Here’s a roadmap for building an innovation ecosystem in Africa.**](http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2015/05/what-if-african-nations-operated-as-one-big-innovation-ecosystem/ "undefined") By Jean Claude Bastos de Morais in IT News Africa **3\.** [**What if junk food actually kills off the bacteria that keeps us healthy?**](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11595559/Junk-food-kills-bacteria-that-protect-against-obesity-heart-disease-and-cancer-study-finds.html "undefined") By Luke Heighton in the Telegraph **4\.** [**We’re about to lose the best way to measure how well we educate poor kids.**](http://hechingerreport.org/no-longer-counting-whos-poor-in-school/ "undefined") By Jill Barshay in the Hechinger Report **5\.** [**Want to end the War on Drugs? Don’t talk to Washington. Lobby your local police department.**](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/08/the-war-on-drugs-is-over-if-you-want-it.html "undefined") By Ben Collins in the Daily Beast  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3853355/russia-china-cyber-deal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3853355/russia-china-cyber-deal/"},"headline":"What’s Behind the Russia-China Cyber Deal","datePublished":"2015-05-11T16:32:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:03.758Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3853355/russia-china-cyber-deal/","keywords":["Innovation","russia","Africa","Crime","Internet","School","Drugs","poverty","China","kids","hackers","Law Enforcement","Junk Food","cyber security"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3853355/russia-china-cyber-deal/","name":"What’s Behind the Russia-China Cyber Deal"}}]}] ```