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Land was divided into provinces and prefectures, with power vested in a central government staffed by highly educated bureaucrats.
Do they have a vested interest in the status quo?
For one thing, the British vested interests didn't also regulate their own industries, as the Chinese state firms frequently do.
But as an English professor who tries to teach the spirit of literature, I have a vested interest in accuracy.
Critics on the right dismissed the tour as a simplistic photo op, and Peter Edelman, a former Clinton official who quit to protest the 1996 welfare reform, called it cosmetic, arguing that Clinton "cannot admit the extent of the problem because his Administration has a vested interest in the notion that welfare reform has been a success."