Original sentence: However, the government of the Peoples Republic of China regards him as the symbol of an outmoded theocratic system.The Nobel Foundation has described the Dalai Lama as "the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people," and he exerts a powerful influence over the the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism
Edited sentence: The Dalai Lama is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet and exerts a powerful influence over the the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism