Hard disk_Hard-Won Habits

  The two years I"ve spent in China have been enormously educational. I"ve 1earned that China is more diverse and complex than I ever could have imagmed--in fact, the more I study it, the more I realize how little I know. I"ve learned not to travel domestically during Spring Festival. I"ve learned that I can live without YouTube. But there have been more subtle lessons as well. As I enter my third year here, I realize I"ve picked up some new habits, small changes in behavior that China has encouraged in me. These changes are both good and bad, but it seems like they"re here to stay: