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William Poy Lee

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William P. Lee
Born1951 (age 72–73)
San Francisco
OccupationAuthor, Political Activist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Hastings School of Law
Notable works
Notable awardsPEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award

William Poy Lee (Chinese: 李培湛) 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]

References

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  1. ^ Kuai, James. "Insider Outsider: An Interview with Author William Poy Lee". University of Southern California. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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