Of course, you're entitled to your opinion.

However, it appears that in spite of all the warnings against said agent, he still has clients who entrust him to place them within the Chinese edu system.

And one of them whom I've recently spoken with is singing said chameleon's praises!

I feel 99% certain that sentiment won't last for long. We've had at least one other person on this forum "sing" FZ's praises, only to change his "tune" dramatically a few months later.

Could it be FZ has turned over a new leaf?

Unless it's poison ivy, I highly doubt it.

FZ has been known to "sing his own praises" on various ESL forums, under various aliases.