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Yating Yang

A scandal in Taiwan involving a university women’s football coach accused of forcing students to donate blood in exchange for their required academic credits has sparked widespread outrage online.
The revelation came to light when a student, surnamed Jian, from the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), went public with the accusation.
Jian said that students had been coerced by their coach, Zhou Tai-ying, 61, a prominent figure in the island’s football, to participate in excessive blood-donation sessions.
The sessions were reportedly tied to 32 academic credits required for graduation, and students risked being unable to graduate or even face expulsion if they failed to comply.

Jian said that she underwent more than 200 blood donations in exchange for course credits during her time at the university.
Sometimes this involved continuous sampling for up to 14 days, on occasion three times a day, from 5am to 9pm.
The blood was reportedly drawn by untrained personnel under the guise of “on-campus research experiments”.
In some cases, research subsidies intended for participants were allegedly collected by the coach as “team funds”.
“It was truly blood and sweat for credit. I was practically boiling with rage! By the eighth consecutive day of blood draws, they could barely find a vein in either arm,” said Jian.

“They even tried my wrist and failed. It was excruciating. I completely broke down. It took six tries before they finally succeeded!” Jian wrote in a post, also sharing a video of herself sobbing during the procedure.
The incident prompted several victims to speak out on social media.
One unidentified student said that she took a leave of absence because of long-term bullying by the coach.
She said her parents had no idea what was going on and she dared not tell them: “If my dad knew, he’d definitely go fight the coach. I just did not want them to be upset,” the student said.
She added that her father died unexpectedly before she could tell him about her ordeal.
“I never got the chance to tell him the truth. So forgiveness? Maybe in the next life. My college years were supposed to be happy and full of promise, but looking back now, all I feel is disgust.”
On July 13, the university issued a statement saying it had dismissed Zhou from her administrative and coaching roles and barred her from leading any sports teams.
The university also included a handwritten letter of apology from Zhou.
Zhou wrote: “I sincerely apologise for the harm caused to the students involved, to the faculty, and the university’s reputation. I deeply regret the emotional distress caused to the students and want to say sorry to all of you.”
However, the apology letter and the official statement were later removed from the university’s social media page.

Zhou had not responded to an interview request from the Post at the time of writing. The exact reason for the blood donation and how Zhou benefited from it are unknown.
The local education authorities have issued an administrative penalty to NTNU, requiring the university to take corrective action.
The case has provoked anger and disbelief over what some have described as the “vampire” coach.
One person said: “Exchanging blood for school credits? Drawing 200 vials and still managing to live to graduation? This sounds like attempted murder. Why have the police not stepped in?”
Another asked: “The university just dismissed the coach? What a joke. I do not believe this was solely the teacher’s idea. What would a teacher even gain from this? Who is actually profiting the most?”


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