Nationalism/subsidies/protectionism are a valid way to nurture a startup. But you can definitely grow to a point where that's no longer necessary. That's why

Nationalism/subsidies/protectionism are a valid way to nurture a startup. But you can definitely grow to a point where that's no longer necessary. That's why people got so terrified of Huawei: it wasn't that they were subsisting only on forced 'buy-domestic' orders from China, it was that they were able to produce products that were competitive enough for overseas customers to willingly buy them.