"In republics, citizens have less direct control over government. ... (c) Why do some people hold that the United States is more properly called a republic rather than a democracy? In a Democracy there is no need for a Constitution, since the majority can simply change Law at a whim."
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By the early 2000s, Japan was Taiwan's third largert trading partner
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D. Cambodia (mostly), Thailand, Vietnam