Work for yourself, work for company or work for the nation

Lately I've been working more and more with the Chinese vendors. When I first worked with them in early 3G days, they're still in learning phase and technically they are perceived no match to established European players. 8 years later, they are technically strong and offer better features than their counterparts.

There is one interesting concept "work for yourself or work for company or work for the nation".
Basically this is about the working culture where by the staff  see themselves "work for the nation" & put their interests behind "national" & "company" interests. Info here & here

I'd say this is quite good for the company and nation but is it the same for the Customer?

* How can a customer trust a company when their priority is "National Interest"?
* Knowing the Chinese beliefs and their strategies how can any nation trust their products?

If I think deep in to the potential consequences it really makes me nervous.