Charlie Munger gives a thumbs-up with BYD founder Wang Chuanfu in 2010.
Charlie Munger gives a thumbs-up with BYD founder Wang Chuanfu in 2010.
  • Chinese social media is treating Charlie Munger, who died at 99 on Tuesday, with great reverence.
  • Weibo, which is often filled with anti-US messages, was flooded with tributes to Munger.
  • Even state media published a list of Munger's one-liners, and many posts lauded him for his old age.

As Wall Street mourns the death of investing legend Charlie Munger, Chinese social media is tipping its hat to the man.