Chinese man who ran birth tourism operation in Irvine sentenced

A Chinese national who ran an Irvine-based travel company targeted by federal officials as a birth tourism operation was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in prison.But Chao ࢀœEdwinࢀ Chen wasnࢀ™t in court to hear his sentence. He fled to China in 2016.Chen was one of the operators of ࢀœYou Win USA Vacation Resort,ࢀ which ran a thriving business at the Carlysle Apartments in Irvine. The companyࢀ™s primary customers were well-to-do pregnant women, mostly from China, who were sold travel packages that included a place to stay in the United States and people to take care of them before and after…