Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attend the inauguration of a parliament building and a government building aided by China in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 5, 2024. [Xinhua ...

The authorities, however, seem to pay no attention to the feelings of the citizens, and the president of the Committee for Building and Architecture of Dushanbe, Nizom Mirzozoda, in a meeting with ...

For years, Tajikistan’s authorities have been pulling down familiar old architectural features of Dushanbe, much to the dismay of nostalgic residents and visitors. One building has been spared the ...

Last, but not least, Dushanbe is home to the largest library in Central Asia. Built in 2012, the National Library of Tajikistan occupies 45,000 square meters. The authorities started building it in ...

The Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe on July 15 denied media reports that Beijing is building a military base in Tajikistan, calling the reports “groundless.” The embassy responded to a story in ...

Image A Soviet-era mosaic on a Khrushchevki housing unit on the outskirts of Dushanbe. Many such murals still exist in the capital, even as other buildings from the time of the Soviet Union have ...

There has been so much Beijing-backed construction – complete with the red propaganda banners that would normally adorn building sites in China – that Dushanbe feels and looks much like a ...

The exquisite Dushanbe Teahouse has a fascinating origin story: Designed and constructed by more than 40 artisans in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the teahouse was gifted to its sister city, Boulder ...

DUSHANBE, July 5 (Xinhua) -- In Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, two newly constructed building compounds on Rudaki Avenue stand less than a kilometer apart. These architectural marvels shine ...