Is it truly so hard to understand that what is the best action for oneself isn't necessarily the best action for the community (however one defines community)?

Is it truly so hard to understand that what is the best action for oneself isn't necessarily the best action for the community (however one defines community)? American companies want to sell their products in China. Quite often that requires them to base some part of production in China. As for the last, yes, there is a large cultural gap between the US and the Chinese and frankly that gap exists mostly on the US side. I'd argue that without understanding the language, you'll never really understand another culture. Sure, you can base your understanding on a few people that do understand the language, but your understanding will always be skewed by their prejudices. In my lifetime, I've dealt with business people from a variety of cultures. Some are honest, some aren't. Some are cheap, some believe you have to spend money to make money. Some are successful, some aren't. None of that aligns with any particular culture. We assign attributes to remote cultures based on reports of the extremes (because the day to day doesn't get reported). When the same behavior gets reported in our own cultures, we simply say well, it's those guys that were bad, not the entire culture.