As the historical foundation of the Wason Collection, the China Collection is the strongest component, with over 330,000 items. These include primary sources such as historical documents, religious treatises, narratives of popular culture, and writings representing the plethora of Chinese literary traditions. Areas of development also extend beyond the humanities to include demographic census data, Taiwanese household income statistics, government publications on the environment, the history of medicine, and the natural sciences. Electronic resources such as the China Academic Journal full-text Database contribute to a modern digital library environment that will reach far into the future.