Submarine contract - Chen Jie

France has won the contract for Australia's biggest defence project - to replace the Collins class submarines - defeating bids from Japan and Germany. Assistant Professor Jie Chen from The Unversity of Western Australia told SBS Mandarin Producer Alan Qu that "China Effect" might push Australia to drop Japan in this significant project.

Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force sailors look on from the deck of the JDS Umigiri, at Fleet Base East, in Sydney, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. (AAP)