So pervasive is corruption in China that it would be hard to find any leader whose associates and family members are beyond suspicion.

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"But it's unfortunate that the NYPD continues to stop huge numbers of New Yorkers, mainly New Yorkers of color, who are so beyond suspicion that they walk away from the encounter nine times out of 10 without even a summons, " Ms. Lieberman said.

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It is this precise quality of suspicion that goes beyond a reasonable doubt that sets them apart from the larger public and can be understood only by the members of the force.

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Its willingness to dabble beyond its borders marked it out for suspicion when crisis struck and doubts about its foreign exposures grew.

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Yet the suspicion is that such gambles lie beyond the talents of most steel managers, who have grown soft under the soothing influence of trade barriers and subsidies.

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And though it may be doctrinal hostility to America, and allegiance to Iran and Syria, that are propelling the current push to unseat the government, Hizbullah has capitalised on suspicion of America to broaden its appeal beyond its core Shia constituency.

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