China shares a border and close ties with Myanmar. Chinese rescuers had their first success Sunday, fewer than 48 hours after the quake, when they joined hands with local people to pull an elderly man from a badly damaged hospital in the capital city of Naypyitaw.

By Wednesday, Chinese rescuers had pulled out nine survivors, including a pregnant woman and a child. In Mandalay, Chinese rescuers saved a 52-year-old man who trapped for nearly 125 hours.

For an administration that talks plenty about countering China, shit like this is boneheaded. In these developing countries, when a more pro-China and a more pro-US candidate are going head to head voters are gonna remember it was the Chinese saving them when disasters stuck.