Relays of retweets reveal collaboration

Below we see identical retweeting chains of one account, China’s outgoing ambassador to the U.K. The chart zooms into eight days and five Twitter accounts, now suspended, that would retweet within seconds of each other in lockstep, beginning with Xiaojin.

⬤ Xiaojin    ⬤ Caterpil    ⬤ Ladybug    ⬤ Bumbleb    ⬤ Hushpup

Days shown: Sept. 1-3, two separate chains of retweets are show for Sept. 6, followed by Sept. 8-10. All in 2020
Source: Oxford Internet Institute