Correction to: Infrastructure and the Politics of African State Agency: Shaping the Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa

1 Correction to: Chinese Political Science Review https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-022-00214-8

In the initial publication, the authors have found errors that inadvertently were not corrected at the copy-editing stage. The corrections are given below:

• 1. In the Abstract, the text “there has been growing analytical interest on the role of African actors in shaping the terms and conditions and, by extension, the implementation of infrastructure projects with Chinese participation” should read “there has been growing analytical interest in the role of African actors in shaping the terms and conditions and, by extension, the implementation of infrastructure projects with Chinese participation”.

• 2. In the Abstract, the text “which has shifted the research focus on the myriad ways in which African state and non-state actors shape the continent’s engagements with China” should read “which has shifted the research focus onto the myriad ways in which African state and non-state actors shape the continent’s engagements with China”.

• 3. In the Abstract, the text “This article is situated within this growing body of literature and explores different forms of an African state agency in the context of Tanzania’s planned Bagamoyo port, Ethiopia’s Adama wind farms, and Kenya’s Lamu port” should read “This article is situated within this growing body of literature and explores different forms of African state agency in the context of Tanzania’s planned Bagamoyo port, Ethiopia’s Adama wind farms, and Kenya’s Lamu port”.

• 4. In the Abstract, the text “We show that the extent and forms of state agencies exerted are inherently interrelated with and, thus, highly contingent upon concrete institutional, economic, political, and bureaucratic contexts in which African state actors are firmly embedded” should read “We show that the extent and forms of state agency exerted are inherently interrelated with and, thus, highly contingent upon concrete institutional, economic, political, and bureaucratic contexts in which African state actors are firmly embedded”.

• 5. In the Abstract, the text “In doing so, we make the case for a context-sensitive analysis of various spheres of a state agency in particular conjunctures of Sino-African engagement” should read “In doing so, we make the case for a context-sensitive analysis of various spheres of state agency in particular conjunctures of Sino-African engagement”.

• 6. In the introduction, the text “(Taylor 2020; Wissenbach 2019; Zajontz 2020a; Mohan and Tan-Mullins 2019; Chiyemura 2019a, b; Gambino 2021)” should read “(Taylor 2020; Wissenbach 2019; Zajontz 2020a, forthcoming; Mohan and Tan-Mullins 2019; Chiyemura 2019a, b; Gambino 2021)”.

• 7. In the introduction, the text “This article speaks to this growing body of literature by exploring different ‘spheres’ of the African state agency, namely the agency of political elites in negotiating Tanzania’s planned Bagamoyo port, bureaucratic agency in the context of Ethiopia’s Adama wind farms and agency of local governance actors in the case of Kenya’s Lamu port” should read “This article speaks to this growing body of literature by exploring different ‘spheres’ of African state agency, namely the agency of political elites in negotiating Tanzania’s planned Bagamoyo port, bureaucratic agency in the context of Ethiopia’s Adama wind farms and agency of local governance actors in the case of Kenya’s Lamu port”.

• 8. In Sect. 2, the text “In other words, the state agency in the infrastructure sector unfolds in various spheres” should read “In other words, state agency in the infrastructure sector unfolds in various spheres”.

• 9. In Sect. 2.1, the text “As Zajontz cautions” should read “As Zajontz (forthcoming) cautions”.

• 10. In the Bibliography, the reference entry Gambino 2022 should be “Gambino, E. (2022) Corridors of Opportunity? African Infrastructure and the Market Expansion of Chinese Companies. In Transport Corridors in Africa, ed. H. Lamarque and P. Nugent. James Currey: Melton. [Chapter 12]”.

The original article has been corrected.