China, HK stocks gain on trade hopes; STAR board cools down <!-- no image --> <div>China stocks rose on Wednesday, lifted by reports of progress in Sino-U.S. trade negotiations, while excitement towards Shanghai's new Nasdaq-style tech board cools down a bit.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=cE3AmK0pG4g:3BEQXnMM_1k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=cE3AmK0pG4g:3BEQXnMM_1k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=cE3AmK0pG4g:3BEQXnMM_1k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=cE3AmK0pG4g:3BEQXnMM_1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=cE3AmK0pG4g:3BEQXnMM_1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/cE3AmK0pG4g" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters