| William P. Lee | |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco |
| Occupation: | Author, Political Activist |
| Language: | English |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Berkeley Hastings School of Law |
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| Awards: | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award |
William Poy Lee is an author and political activist currently living in Shanghai, China. His 2007 book The Eighth Promise is a memoir about two generations of Chinese Americans, in China and Chinatown, San Francisco.
Before becoming a writer, Mr. Lee worked as an international banking attorney and an advertising executive. Mr. Lee left the professional world and has traveled, lived and taught writing in China since 2008. As a political activist, his most recent endeavor is a website about Tibet, Tibet China Accuracy Project[1]