birth_place awards notableworks language birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
san francisco pen oakland/josephine miles literary award * the eighth promise english 1951 william poy lee
 william p. lee author , political activist university of california , berkeley hastings school of law
william poy lee

william poy lee -lrb- -rrb- 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
