sentences:  In February 2008, the Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou announced the verdict over Lü to four years in jail.The "inciting subversion of state power" is generally known to be a very vague charge frequently used to silence people who criticize the Communist Party.Lu's wife, Wang Xue told AFP from her home in Hangzhou
  that "The charges are groundless"
  and that the "Provincial and city governments just want to make him shut up".