WP units in China

[Legbreaker]

It's not that unbelieveable that "politically unreliable units" may be disarmed, and interred. The Soviets have a fairly long history of doing just that (more on an individual or small group basis though).
Siberia is a great place for a Gulag...
However, it may be more effective for the more unreliable units to be assigned suicide missions (often without the commanders knowledge of the true strategic situation). Using these units as "speed bumps" to slow down a Chinese counter offensive is a good example of this.

[Webstral]

The idea of some East German units joining their Chinese “comrades� in the fight against Soviet communism is intriguing. Certainly, it would make for some very good press in late 1996. However, one wonders how the East Germans would have been handled on October 7. East German formations in contact with the Chinese might have been able to cross over. East German units in reserve (in the Far East) might have much less chance of escaping the warm embrace of their Soviet allies. Still, one can imagine a host of possibilities.

Webstral

[95th Rifleman]

I favour the suicide-squad theory, it makes sense and fits soviet strategy. East German units would find themselves on the frontline and worn away against the chinese.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

I favour the suicide-squad theory, it makes sense and fits soviet strategy. East German units would find themselves on the frontline and worn away against the chinese.

I also think that's an extremely likely scenario.

Also, East German troops in China would have been reliant on Soviet controlled media for information; when the Bunderwehr crossed the Inner German Border I think that Soviet propaganda would have went into overdrive spreading the message that their fraternal socialist brothers in the NVA were herocially resisting the facist invaders, so many East German troops in China might not know the real picture of what was happening back home.