The Chinese are very articulate in making the point that any relationship must be based on mutual self-interest.

The understanding which led to this fateful meeting had been predicated on mutual self-interest.

Motivated by mutual self-interest, we started to help each other and ourselves.

And despite its violent creation, it was held together by mutual self-interest.

But even when personalities do not click, mutual self-interest does fine.

But what ultimately brought the two sides back to the bargaining table was mutual self-interest.

He couldn't even manage to set up an exercise in mutual self-interest.

Magazines and stars have always been engaged in a dance of mutual self-interest.

In the old days, they had a relationship born of politics and mutual self-interest that grew into something resembling friendship.

The covert basis for their real relationship was one of mutual self-interest.