'' Never Sorry '' opens in his studio compound in Beijing , called 258 Fake , home to 40 cats , and follows him from the development of his piece where he researched and posted the names of student victims of the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan . '' The Sichuan Earthquake Names Project '' involves more than 50 volunteers and researchers collecting the names of the deceased students in Sichuan province towns , people Ai culled from his blog on Sina.com . On 12 May 2009 , on the one-year anniversary of the disaster , Ai finishes posting the over 5,000 names . Two and a half weeks later , Ai 's blog is shut down by Chinese authorities , and two days later , Ai joins Twitter . His Twitter page is still online , and he frequently posts new messages
May 2008 earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry