CBC identifies Canadian woman accused of spying at NATO military HQSystems engineer Biwei Zhang worked for Canadian Space Agency, StatsCan before Belgium move, resume suggests
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CBC NewsPosted: Jul 29, 2026 9:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
The Canadian woman recently arrested by Belgian authorities on suspicion of spying appears to have worked for multiple government agencies before her NATO internship.
A CBC News investigation has identified the woman as Biwei Zhang, a systems engineer with a background in economics whose online resume suggests she previously worked for the Canadian Space Agency and Statistics Canada.
Zhang's public and professional profiles match the information Belgian prosecutors provided, which described the suspect as a
"Canadian national of Chinese origin" who was an intern at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the military headquarters of NATO in Mons, Belgium. ...