Extra! Extra! Muggings, e-tickets and super parties

• Another mugging in Shanghai. This time the victim was British boxer Ricky Hatton. The "gang of thugs" took his Rolex (a real one, apparently) and there was "a scuffle." No information was provided on the location of this encounter, but a friend of Shanghaiist did have her wallet, passport and phone stolen near Changle Lu and Xinle Lu yesterday.
• Reminiscent of the nude Pam Anderson PETA advertisement controversy here in Shanghai, a naked Britney Spears may soon be gracing the walls of a Tokyo subway station. It's the cover of a Harper's Bazaar and Spears is definitely sans clothes and pregant, but all her naughty bits are covered. "We thought some of our customers would find it to be overly stimulating," a Tokyo Metro official explained.
• A bad PR week for the Forbidden City. First there was news of foreigner only shops within the walls and now a Beijinger has filed a lawsuit against China's Palace Museum -- he thought the price of an entrance ticket should have been lowered because many attractions were closed for renovation.
• Starting October 17, Ctrip.com will only sell e-tickets for travel by plane.
• Some tickets still left for an "F1 super party." Price? Only US$10,000.
• ATTENTION CHINESE TEACHERS: Insult and hit your students while you still can. China is set to ban such practices soon.
• Shanghaiist spends a lot of time online. Does that mean we should turn ourselves over to Shanghai's first halfway house for "internet addicts"?
• You think professional bicyclists are have a problem with doping? You should check out China's young athletes.
• Rest easy: Shanghai has an "anti-explosives strategy."
• "All else being equal, the more Chinese a [SE Asian] country has, the richer it becomes."

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