A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

The 'rise' of China has suddenly become the all-absorbing topic for those professionally concerned with the future of the planet,

We need to prepare the airport for whatever the future might bring. If the future brings an industry, we need to be ready. If it brings the loss of one of our airlines, we need to be ready for that, too.

This is a first giant step, ... It is the future, as far as we are concerned.

as the future as far as we are concerned.