TAIPEI: Taiwan sank into recession in October-December, data showed Friday, posting its slowest annual growth in six years, with weak international demand and greater competition from China hitting the export-dependent island.

The growth rate of 0.85 percent in 2015 missed an earlier official forecast of 1.06 percent.

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