New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Australia on Thursday warned that China's handing of a suspended death sentence to writer Yang Jun will hinder ties that had been on the mend and fuel public mistrust of Beijing. "Decisions of this nature will have an impact on the relationship," Foreign Minister Penny Wong told lawmakers, addressing the sentence imposed on Chinese-Australian dissident Yang for alleged espionage. "This decision will inevitably reverberate for Australians who feel deeply about this tragic development," she said, suggesting it was "unfortunately true" that it would harm the way the Chinese system is viewed. The sentence sent a chill through Australia-China relations, which had been improving after a years-long standoff. But Wong vowed to...