Bruce Shelley has updated his
blog with details on the first patch for
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.
"Addressing the balance issues that favor China will be a major focus of a forthcoming TAD patch. At this point we have no critical technical bugs in the game. We anticipate releasing a combination balance and technical patch near the end of this winter season. Thereafter we will split the process into patches for either balance or technical problems, as needed. That will help us get any needed balance patches out faster". A demo is available
here.