He resolutely plunged into the "enemy" camp, turning his back on his homeland by giving up his Chinese citizenship to become an American citizen. He chose to face a decade's worth of domestic curses and revilement by "stabbed-in-the-back" means, all until he gained the confidence to master the enemy's superior techniques in order to control them, only then seizing the chance to sneak back to the sacred soil of Shenzhou to serve his motherland—solely to help break through the technological barriers of lithography machines for his country, solely to help his country shake off the fate of having its throat held in a chokehold by others.
And now, he even uttered words like as long as it helps China shake off that fate... he would gladly accept being vaporized by the Americans...
For a moment.
Chapter 733