Presidential election 2008: Hsieh pans KMT's China deals

Meanwhile, Ma yesterday condemned Hsieh for creating the term "one China market" in order to attack him.

"The so-called `one China market' is a scarecrow created by Hsieh. He has spared no effort in attacking the scarecrow, but what he has created does not exist," Ma said yesterday during a visit to Penghu (澎湖).

Ma said he and KMT vice presidential candidate Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) had proposed the "cross-strait common market" policy to improve the nation's economy, and reiterated his earlier promise not to allow Chinese laborers to work in Taiwan.

Additional reporting by Mo Yan-chih