China stocks rise on fewer virus deaths, stimulus hopes <!-- no image --> <div>China stocks firmed on Thursday as the country reported fewer deaths due to coronavirus, while expectations of more stimulus to shore up the economy also underpinned sentiment.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=zp3zDWTSOuY:rsbWMRkBAAo: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=zp3zDWTSOuY:rsbWMRkBAAo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=zp3zDWTSOuY:rsbWMRkBAAo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=zp3zDWTSOuY:rsbWMRkBAAo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=zp3zDWTSOuY:rsbWMRkBAAo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/zp3zDWTSOuY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters