TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai left for Honduras on Jan. 25 amid a possibility that the Central American nation would drop diplomatic ties with the island in favor of the Chinese regime. Lai is scheduled to attend the inauguration of Honduras’s President-elect Xiomara Castro on Jan. 27. Currently, Honduras is one of Taiwan’s 14 remaining diplomatic allies as Taipei has lost eight allies to Beijing since 2016. Honduras and Taiwan have been diplomatic allies for 80 years as of 2021. Yet the relationship is now on shaky ground after Castro said during her campaign last year that she would “immediately open diplomatic and commercial relations with mainland China” once becoming president. Lai’s overseas trip is currently under close scrutiny because there is a chance that he will meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is heading a presidential delegation to attend Castro’s inauguration. The United States is currently …